13071/Widdershins for Hot Dogs

Widdershins for Hot Dogs
Date of Scene:	20 April 2021
Location:	Central Park, Manhattan
Synopsis:	A tribe of Kobalins attacks Central Park and are seen to by Juggernaut, Tala, and Wanda!
Cast of Characters:	Phobos, Scarlet Witch, Tala, Juggernaut

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Phobos has posed:
    Very rarely does WAND send out communiques to SHIELD agents. Usually they are the ones that are contacted by other portions of SHIELD and asked to investigate things, to sniff around an object or an incident and find out what happened. So when it comes about that the magically inclined branch of SHIELD sends out a statement and a request for investigation... the brass tends to notice.
    Though this query had been small, to be fair. A brief note.

    'Central Park, 32.7784 x 41.8342. High anomalous activity. Leylines? Stolen goods. Missing persons. Fractal? Need boots on the ground. -Hortense Filmore, Agent of WAND'

    And when Hortense sends out a missive like that, a man that rarely leaves his cubicle even on his days off... the team listens. Though this time they send portions of the Tactical Response Team from Group Alpha. Just a squad, and just four of them sent to meander around the area there in the early evening when supposedly the activity is to be at its height. Currently they're in civilian clothes, jeans, t-shirts, baseball caps, hidden ear pieces with bone-conducted mikes. They look neutral. Yet the four of them seem normal. Except a little tense.
    "Got anything on the spectrometer?" Kelso's voice is curious, a little rough as he walks around near a swing set, kicking at the sand with the toe of his boot.
    "Not a thing, a few ticks, that's it." O'Hara's voice comes back as she sits on the park bench, her 'purse' at her side as she looks down at the readings visible on the device hidden within.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
There might be something. In three. Two. One. There it is. A magical surge. On the heels of the surge starting, crimson tendrils that almost appear like fire appears. When the fire starts clearing, Wanda Maximoff is standing there. Once the fire disappears, the surge her magic had caused also disappears. There's not even a tick from it as Wanda starts to walk across the park.

Toward... a hotdog stand? It's not far from the park bench O'Hara has sat at. Nor all that far from the swing set. Just the other side of a small grassy area. A place where the parents would go to grab a quick bite while their kids played. There, at the hotdog stand, she is in line for a few moments. When she turns back to wander across the park, she's eating a chilidog with cheese, ketsup, and mustard. How mundane.

Tala has posed:
Though this wasn't her usual haunt, Tala was walking through Central Park. She was carrying a couple of brown bags with handles, a few supplies and items she had picked up at a local shop. While the shop in Sunnydale was wonderful, there were times she needed a bit darker fare. Though she could have just gone home after, she opted to walk through the park first.

It really was amazing. This patch of nature kept in the middle of such a bustling city around it. One could almost forget them were in New York if they got deep enough down the paths. Sadly, she wasn't going to take the time for that this evening, sticking to the more popular areas. At least it being evening, didn't seem that strange wearing an evening gown of black. Though being barefoot might be odd but NYC so no one really seemed to even notice.

Juggernaut has posed:
Not to far away..

Central Park isn't without its assortment of strange denizens, be they passerbyers or the park goers that frequent its sprawling acres. Cain Marko is, at present, among them. With sorcery afoot nearby and his body burning..practically bursting, with the power of Cyttorak welled up within..it's perhaps no coincidence that something tugged on his interest and led him this way. A gigantic figure meandering into the park with shades hiding his ice blue eyes, an unshaven jawline and red hair grown more mullet like due to lack of care for a nice crisp cut. His expression is neutral. Perhaps even stern looking. His eyes flicker left and right, searching for whatever is bothering him but he otherwise keeps to himself.

Nothing to see here. Just a gargantuan wrecking ball of a man that looks like he just ate the entire defensive line of the eastern seaboard conference for lunch and topped it off with the past few decades worth of Mr. Olympia contestants and a fwe Yokozuna's for toppings. Straining jeans and an appropriate tee-shirt sporting a cartoonish looking Godzilla peering between skyscrapers tops off his look. He will be your kaiju for the evening.

Hot Dogs. The flash of red from the arrival of a Lady Maximoff gains his attention and he turns slightly to see the hot dog stand. His other concerns are straight away forgotten and he turns on his booted heels and begins a slow steady plod in that direction. He doesn't -need- to eat but..hot dogs. And chips.

Needless to say the magic hunting devices are possibly having a field day between the two red heads.

Phobos has posed:
    On the comms, O'Hara's voice comes across, "Shit there's... a surge." As her voice raises even though she's sub-vocalizing, she lifts up her purse on that park bench and frowns as she directs the spectromoter and suddenly there's a woman there where there wasn't one before. "Is that...?"
    But another voice, this one Agent Nelson's as he announces, "No. No. That, ladies and gentlemen, is an Avenger. A real one." As if the ones they've met aren't 'really' Avengers. "That is the Scarlet Witch. Likely not the source of our wasted time out here."
    And then, Agent Aaron finally lifts his voice, still sitting on the deck where the paddle boats are moored, "Roger that."
    Then Kelso's voice raises, "And there is Hulk's hillbilly brother." Which has the agent blinking into his cellphone as he swipes it a few times as he sends and receives data.
    "Shut up, mullets are cool," Comes the comment from O'Hara. "Meta-Human, both going for the hot dog stand."
    "Maybe magic hot dogs?" Agent Aaron's voice is heard, his deadpan voice not entirely offering insight if he's joking or not.
    "Could be." Comes back O'Hara's reply.
    But then there's a subtle fluctuation on the spectrometer.
    A breeze brushes across the green field between the sidewalks and the lake. A chill enters the air. The magic-users likely feel a tension enter the moment and almost everyone in the area will feel a hint of goosebumps upon their arms.
    It's all there in a single moment. And off in the distance, in the small tunnel that creeps under the street that crosses the park itself, small flickering silhouettes emerge from the stone walls, landing with short wet plots in the puddles and the dirt beneath there. Like broken silhouettes they emerge right in front of an older woman who had only recently taken up jogging.
    She skids to a halt in that tunnel, seeing figures falling through the stone seemingly all willy-nilly. Then when those little four foot tall figures start to gather themselves up, their bodies unclear as they shimmer and shine, she /screams/ and turns around to run back towards the entrance.
    Distantly, those with particularly decent senses or awarenss will hear that scream. Even as the eldrith rears its ugly head.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
Wanda Maximoff is fairly engrossed with eating her hot dog. And while she's peripherally aware of people around, she's not really paying them much mind. Not the barefoot woman in the black evening dress. Though she herself is dressed more casually in jeans, a blue long sleeved shirt, and a burgandy long coat and heels. Not the civvie dressed agents with their hidden gadgets. Not even.. no wait. She does note the mountain of muscle going by, her eyes turning to follow him toward the hot dog stand she'd just vacated. A smile curls her lips at that and she eats another bite of her food.

Her attention is back on the chili dog. Until that breeze and tension. Wanda's head turns, her green eyes fixing on the source. The food is forgotten but for swallowing the remaining bite in her mouth. "What the hell?" She tilts her head and studies the tunnel, then starts walking toward it. The chili dog is absently deposited into a bin as she walks past one on her way to the disturbance in the force.

Tala has posed:
For a moment, Tala considers the hot dog stand but she opts to wait and get something when she is back home. Although that line-of-sight does bring her attention to the giant mountain of a human being walking toward the stand. Now that it not someone one sees everyday, even in NYC. There was also something about him that tickled her senses. Not exactly screaming what he was but just that there was something 'other' involved. She dismissed it and was about to continue down the path when the energy shifted.

Now Tala was paying attention, turning to look toward where that energy had come from. It was as though the world was waiting for something to happen and it had the hairs at the nape of her neck rising as goosebumps appeared on her arms. Then it was gone but she could tell something had changed. She turned and walked that direction curiously.

Juggernaut has posed:
He'll have you know he went to an expensive prestige boarding school (re: kicked out of his home for disciplinary reasons to attend school far away and it didn't help.). Hillbilly indeed.

But, fortunantely, Cain is blissfully unaware of such comments about him - and frankly would find comparisons to the Hulk the greater offense anyway. Either way, his presence causes the hot dog vendor to cower with a nervous "Can..I help you?" as the giant red-head leans forward to peer at the menu with a deliberate, "Mmmm.." rumbling from his throat.

Then the goosebumps and the scream.

"Nope!" goes the vendor, who, Cain-Zilla or no Cain-ZIlla, proceeds to begin packing up to get the heck out of there.

Cain, for his part, turns his head in the direction of the scream. He sees Wanda heading off that way but he, himself, stays put and simply observant and merely purses his lips in mild irritation at his meal buying being interrupted. "Hn. Now what.."

Phobos has posed:
    First the jogger comes rushing out of the tunnel, not moving at a full run, but that wary half-run half-jog one has when they're not sure if they're being silly but are sure they need to get away no matter what. She darts past Wanda and at the least has the wherewithal to say, "Something's back there in the tunnel!"
    And then her sneakers thap-thap-thap down the sidewalk, only for her to espy Juggernaut and her eyes widen as she shouts, "ACK!" For he is indeed very big. Which makes her turn about sixty degrees left and run/jog that way.
    In the same moment the mouth of the tunnel seems empty, normal... and then suddenly all sorts of figures rush through the entrance, short, none bigger than four and a half feet tall, their silhouettes broken by some sort of... yes something mystical that can be felt if those of a magical inclination extend of themselves. Hard to pin down where each one is exactly save for a slender strip of bared yellow-greenish flesh and red eyes that float inside that mish-mash of mirror-like shapes.
    One stops long enough to snap at another, something that is high-pithed and sounds like, 'Shaknab, gor bahg galoona.' Only for the other to nod nod, 'Toor toor, taknab!' And then lifts an appendage, an arm? And points at the hot dog stand. Six of those shapes /run/ in that direction, bounding, leaping, bouncing over a park bench. One does, however, stop to tackle a man that's walking his dog. And suddenly something comes into view as the little half-invisible creature raises a suddenly entirely visible wickedly curved moon-like knife and seems about to stab down into the guy.
    In the same instant, Cain likely sees that mass of six figures /charge/ the hot dog stand and _leap_ right onto it. Somehow the steamer door is pulled open and abruptly there are hundreds of hot dogs hurled into the air and on the ground while manic laughing and tittering in high pitched voices are heard.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
Wanda Maximoff ignores the people around her now for favor of the tunnel ahead of her. She nods absently to the words of the jogger running past. "Something," she says in a quiet voice. Thoughtful. She studies the creatures, and lifts her hands. The scarlet flames that give her the name Scarlet Witch come up around her hands, and she waves them out to either side of her.

The cloaks on the four and a half feet tall critters in front of Wanda start to shimmer and flicker. And then go out. She misses the six charging at the hotdog stand. They left the field of her spell right as she was casting it. But the rest...

Wanda lowers her hands, but the red flames stay around them, magic held ready for release should it be needed. When she seees the moon-like knife about to stab down into the guy with the dog, she waves a hand that way and sends the creature holding the knife flying. Denied!

Tala has posed:
That's different. Tala watches the six creatures attacking the hot dog cart, hot dogs being flung out and around them. Maybe she had underestimated how good these particular hot dogs must be.

Likely it was something else.

But something about them was off. She couldn't see what they were precisely. She waved a hand in the air, a flare of purple glowing around the appendage as she reached out to try to sense what they were. Yet, she wasn't attacking. Honestly, she didn't care what they did to the cart.

Juggernaut has posed:
Closing time has turned into 'closed' as the vendor makes a break for it while his goods are sent hurtling high into the air and onto the ground to make any dog a very happy dog should it pass by.

Cain, however, is less amused. He recoils backwards and the reacts reflexively.

His entire body seems to enlarge as crimson energy crackles to life around it. A red flash that briefly obscures his frame into a non descript shape as he summons his armor in the blink of an eye.

An arm raises, a bicep flexing to sizes that give the impression of a buick sewn under his skin, and then his fist comes plummeting downward..now capable of swamping over the entire hotdog stand with its dimensions. The force of the blow will probably trigger any seismographs paying attention.

Phobos has posed:
    There's a blaze of power, a crackling sizzle of energy as Wanda extends those flames and channels their strength, focusing upon the creatures in front of her in their flickering half-invisibility. Only for the spell to seize and take purchase in that small group at the mouth of the tunnel...
    And suddenly all of the cloaks drop on the creatures. No longer just shimmers or shapes and silhouettes, now there is clear visibility on what seems to be about thirty or more of the little monstrosities. Hunched over, perhaps four feet tall, though the one in front of Wanda that had been speaking, it is a touch taller than the others. Pointed ears, wicked fangs, mottled yellow and green skin in curious patterns. They wear armor of a mish-mash make, with bits and pieces from clearly other cultures. All of them have weapons, bladed mostly save for a few with heavier blunt items. But with the dropping of the cloaks, they no longer make any pretense at subtlety.
    Blades are held aloft, shrieking screams are heard like a battlecry as the one in front of Wanda screams and points at her with his wicked scimitar-like blade, then says something entirely unflattering. Likely about her mother. It's enough to send half a dozen of them running straight at the Scarlet Witch. While the rest fan out and suddenly set themselves upon all of the nearby citizens, or vendors, or gear. Anything that looks like it's of value, they seem of the mind to take.
    In front of Tala those hot dog assassins are tearing it open and eating their fill. They appear in front of her in their true forms, yet the loss of cloak only seems to drive them into a maddened frenzy.
    Such a frenzy as the dagger raised over the dog-walker, whose French Bulldog is barking at madly, it doesn't even see the flick of power from Wanda that sends it /flying/ into a nearby tree with a meaty _crack_ from the impact.
    Yet the sound is likely lost in the heavy /WHABOOMPF!/of Juggernaut's impact as the world _explodes_ all all around the crater from the strike, sending those small forms hurling upwards, around, across the way. Some shrill almost happily as they fly into the sky, while others that have more abrupt stops don't have time to call out before there are wet meaty impacts.
    Several other small warbands have spread out, one trying to seize control of a food truck only for a heavy-set man in jeans and a t-shirt with a baseball cap starts taking shots at them with a sidearm that fires bursts of energy, splashing the impact into the figures. On the comms Kelso announces, "Engaging. Could use some back up."
    To which others in the squad state, "On the way!"

Scarlet Witch has posed:
Wanda Maximoff tilts her head and studies the larger one in the front. "That wasn't nice," she says. Not that she can understand them, but she can infer from tone! She opens her right hand and extends it toward the larger one. She closes it into a fist and seizes the thing in a grip of her power. Squeezes, then flings it, against a tree. The landing is accompanied by the snapping of bones. That had to hurt.

Still holding that one, though it had seen better days, she smashes it into some of the half dozen running toward her. And then as the others are about to reach her, she does something totally unfair. She steps up off the ground and takes flight until she's a good ten feet above them. In the process, she drops the apparent leader.

Juggernaut has posed:
"What the..is this magic?? I hate magic.."

Irony of ironies considering the source of his considerable abilties..nay his very being and nature now.

Juggernaut, now fully revealed, stands in the middle of a crater formed from the impact of his fist while looking up to track the soaring flight of the creatures as they spiral this way and that way from the shockwave caused by the impact of his fist. He looks down at the crumpled remains of the hot dog stand and just sighs in exasperation. The sigh only deepening when he looks around to see the hot dogs that have been scattered this way and that by the antics of the creatures and his own messy form of intervention.

A fist clenches, creating popping sounds like tree trunks splintering in a fire and boulders cracking as his knuckles tighten and his muscle stretches and pushes against his own bones.

"My snack is RUINED! Nobody interrupts The Juggernaut's snack time!"

He's, sadly, deadly serious.

A moment later and he's stepping out of the crater, looking around for more targets, "What are these things..?!"

Tala has posed:
Now things are getting out of hand. Tala was planned on walking away. It wasn't her business after all. But they are attacking everyone and everything now.

When she sees one of them going to kick the barking dog, she reaches out with her hand and grips the air. Around the creatures appears a purple glow and he is grabbed and thrown forcefully away. "No one hurts puppies."

She supposed she should be worried about the people too. Thta flare of magic around Juggernaut has her head snapping his way. Her eyes narrowing as she considers.

"Be gone little beasties." She has to focus on the little ones for now. She begins to walk toward them. Calm, not really in a hurry. Each time she sees one trying to attack a person, she flings a bolt of purple energy their way. "You don't want me to call in reinforcements. It would go badly. For you."

Phobos has posed:
    More of the creatures seem to enter the area through the tunnel, brandishing their blades and calling out ululating shrieks as they hurl themselves forward. The ones in the food truck giggling happily as they tear apart the interior, the van rocking on its wheels as the small creatures leap about wildly.
    Most of them break around the now glowing and floating Wanda, spreading around her and rushing past as if their boss didn't just order them to attack her. Perhaps it has something to do with the way their chieftain is picked up, crackled, and thrown almost negligently away left sprawling and broken upside down with its back against the trunk of a tree.
    And in the wake of Juggernaut's onslaught taking out that band of creatures there nearest him, they also break around and away from him. The cadre of creatures rushing off to try and find easier prey. And in the park this time of early evening? There is easier prey in abundance.
    But the 'heroes' do not fight alone. For several other people have started taking shots with energy weapons at the hurrying figures. A police officer as well is holding position over the fallen dog walker and using his service revolver. Only for another to be leaping at the dog and him, when Tala's purple powers grab hold of it and sends it /hurtling/ away.
    "Thanks, lady." Says the officer as he looks at her, then blinks a little, no shoes, weird. Then moves to protect another downed civilian.
    Occasionally one is hit and shrieks an 'ACK!' in the air as it keels over from bullet or blast, then the others rush past. Though, occasionally, one does stop to steal a particularly choice piece of loot from the fallen. Since waste not want not.
    Yet for all the efforts being taken it seems like the manic wave of small creatures is reaching a fevered pitch, though at the least no more are coming out of the tunnel for now.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
Puppies need rescue too! And snack time is important! As the creatures that had been coming for her go around.. well. Wand's lips curve up sever so slightly. Clearly, they have /some/ intelligence. From her vantage point up in the air, Wanda considers. Then spreads her arms. Starting overhead a red energy barrier appears. It spreads out in a circle from Wanda as the center. Spreads out in a dome of glowing red.

The dome continues spreading until it eventually touches ground in a circle just beyond the furthest out of the creatures she can see. Some of them bounce into it as it touches down. And bounce off, unharmed. Can't have civilians getting harmed, afterall. Once the dome is cast, she sets it in place and looks down once more. She reaches for another of the creatures, and uses it to smack another away from a civilian it had tripped.

Tala has posed:
"Why do they never listen?" Tala asks outloud, as though anyone nearby is going to be paying attention what with all the screaming and running going on. She does glance over to answer Juggernaut though, raising her voice a bit. "That is a very good question. I'm not familiar with them. I can say they are not demonic."

Another trio of beasties go for a family running away and she swings her hand that direction. A whirling mist of purple and black swirl beneath the creatures and fwoop--they fall through the portal. Where they land is not so lovely and green as where they left.

She sighs when she realizes this will take forever. "Very well. I tried to avoide this." She raised her hands, that purple glow now spreading over her entire body as her white-on-white eyes begin to glow. Then a larger portal opens behind her. And out of it pour a dozen demons. There's no other word for them. They are dark and hunched and there is a stench of brimstone about them as they gibber forward. There is nothing pleasing about their appearance. "Go, my lovelies. Feed. Not the humans! Just those creatures." She points to the monsters so the demons have their exact instructions.

With inhuman howls, the rush into the fray.

Juggernaut has posed:
Looks like he's on the side of 'angels' tonight. Juggernaut could just leave. What could stop him? But he has some scruples, if he likes it or not..and he doesn't. Plus there's the whole ruining of his snack time thing. He's got to follow up on that decleration after all.

Unfortunantely, his intervention won't be exactly..neat or coordinated. You got The Juggernaut helping, he's going to do things his way.

At first this involves massive..uh..finger flicks and thumps as he steps out of the crater to wade into the nearest batch of creatures trying to scatter away from him. His fingers whips up and out like battering rams. Flicking here and there with thunderous force as he makes his way further into the mayhem.

He pauses only to note the arrival of the dome as it spreads out from Wanda's magic antics and he takes a moment to take note of its size and dimensions should he -need- to make a quick exit.

His attention then turns towards the rush of creatures once again and upon eyeing a mass of them he brings both of his hands up.

They swing around and his palms slap together. A thunderous *BOOOOM* blasts through the area violently as a shockwave peals out from around him to race through the air and along the ground in a visible wave, seeking to roll violently into as many beasties and gremlins as it can.

Phobos has posed:
    The barrier sparks, as not just one... or two... or even three run into it. But a good dozen /splat/ right into it and rebound, staggering and shaking their heads. Clearly angry as some rise up and leap and bounce, howling and furious as they stab at the barrier, then turn and what do they do? They start /running/ along the edge of it looking for an end to it, perhaps not realizing quite the magnitude of what they're dealing with. Yet it keeps the critters from spreading out too far too fast.
    Some of the humans in the barriers start to gather and try to rush toward areas they perceive as 'safe' such as near Scarlet Witch and Juggernaut, Tala perhaps being a touch more subtle...
    That is until the gates start to open around her and those demonic forms manifest with such clear vehemence. She orders them and they rush forth. And suddenly, for some reason, those demons have the attention of /all/ the creatures. All of them turn and their nostrils flare, sniff-sniff-sniffing, then one seems to visibly salivate as they brandish weapons and rush forward! A great battle seems about to join even as some are knocked around and sent flying from almost casual fingerflicks from the Juggernaut...
    And then the great /clap/ comes together that sends that rocking shockwave outwards, dust and dirt and sand billowing up heavily and debris hurled violently. Some of the creatures are knocked to the ground, into trees, and the ones nearest the barrier get hit twice as the soundwaves reverberate back. It causes a surge of the critters to twist and whirl, some staggeringly stunned.
    Then one of the larger ones screams and brandishes its sword, pointing at the demons and Juggernaut. For a bare moment the goblin-like critters seem enraged. And then suddenly their eyes widen sharply. Their features slacken!
    Abruptly all the green and yellow critters start running back in the direction of the tunnel, shrieking and screaming for their lives. They seem to have no care for their dead and fallen, leaving them behind and left to their fates.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
"Something from one of the Asgardian realms, I think. More than that I couldn't tell you without more time to research," calls out Wanda from her vantage point. As demons come from a portal behind Tala, Wanda nods once and makes a note: Don't kill the demons. They are... friendly. Ish. The size of the dome is just large enough to keep the creatures in. Whether it would hold up against Juggernaut... well. Only one real way to find that out for certain!

Wanda winces as the creatures run into her barrier. Not from them hitting the spell, oh no. But at them bouncing off it. That's gotta hurt a bit! The wince when Juggernaut's soundwaves bounce from it is a real one. That was... not a fun sensation.

As the little buggers start running back toward the tunnel, Wanda shifts the barrier a little bit. Drawing it a bit closer to her. So that the mouth of that tunnel? Is juuuust beyond the edge of the barrier. It can be seen. Right there. It's right there! With a red glowy barrier between them and it.

Tala has posed:
Now that her babies are off having fun, Tala focuses on the Juggernaut again. Watching the way he is fighting. The tiny flicks of a finger that are like giant attacks from anyone else. Then shockwave has her wanting to applaud. Too bad he is unlikely to be controlled. There is something powerful in the magic around him. Something she thinks may be beyond even her.

Such a shame.

"Why are they running?" she asks as she walks, following along. The serial killer in a slasher film who just takes her time as people flee before them, yet somehow seems terrifying.

Juggernaut has posed:
"Isn't it obvious?" rumbles Juggernaut as he just..assumes it's him. Right or wrong. He is kind of bonded/avatar of/stuck with something beyond the pale after all. But he's also got a big ego. So of course it's him making them retreat.

"They don't like me." he concludes, spelling it out if it wasn't clear he meant himself. He pauses and then concedes, "They don't like you ladies either." Got to give some credit.

His nose wrinkles a touch as he takes in the smell of brimstone and sulphur and then he looks again to the barrier that Wanda put up, acknowledging the power the two clearly wield. "..Not hard to guess why."

He finally points to the area of the tunnel, "If they want to go home, let 'em go, huh? Otherwise it's smashin' time."

Phobos has posed:
    The conscious and functional critters rapidly reach that other side of the barrier and suddenly it's mayhem as they all build up in a crowd there. Some are rapidly scratching at that crimson barrier, others are stabbing at it with their knives, some smash heavy hammers and maces against it. While the ones on the outer edge, they all look back in the direction of Juggernaut and the Demons, wailing in abject terror at the prospect of further exposure to either of them. Perhaps some realize that Wanda is the creator of the barrier, but not enough as they continue to panic.
    Around Tala some of the civilians are getting themselves together and moving in the opposite direction of the raiders. The dog-owner has his puppy held in his arms and hustles off quickly, trying to get away from the strange people. And that weirdo without shoes.
    After a little bit of time with them struggling and scraping, finally some of them get the bright idea to start /throwing/ their weapons in the direction of the 'heroes'. Not at them as if they were trying to attack, but more arcing through the air until they land at the feet of Juggernaut and those monstrosities summoned by Tala. Until, after a little bit of time, a small pile of eighty or so weapons are all piled up in front of them, while the goblin-like creatures cringe and huddle together for protection. Some of them even start mewling.
    The police officer and some of the people in shades and baseball caps close the distance a little, moving to bracket the defenders of the park, holding their weapons at the ready.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
Wanda Maximoff hasn't moved from her spot hovering over the battlefield. She smiles at Juggernaut's concession. "I think they like you a little less than they like us," she says, amusement tinging her tone. "If we let them go, there will be nothing stopping them from coming back.." But then she sees the state of the creatures.

And the growing pile of weapons as they surrender. And she waves her hands and moves the barrier back beyond the tunnel so they can leave. "Don't come back. Next time I might not be in as good a mood." Apparently, this is Wanda feeling like giving mercy.

Tala has posed:
"True. You are terrifying," Tala says to Juggernaut although she seems anything but terrified. Course, he was after monsters. Not her. That might change were he to focus on her instead. Better not to even think about that.

She looked at the Scarlet Witch, having seen her with the Avengers but having not met in person. Chaos? Is that the magic she was tasting? Quite interesting.

As the weapons were surrended, piling high in front of them, she frowned. "They are minions. Answering to someone higher. Even their big ones are not the ones in charge. Someone else is behind this attack. Poor creatures."

She sends out a telepathic thought and all her demons stop in their tracks, turning and rushing back to her side. She pets one's ugly head like one would their terrier. "You did well. Now go home. I will see you later." The portal opens to allow them to head back through it.

Juggernaut has posed:
Sheesh. One exposure to an eldritch horror and you just lay down and give up. Juggernaut rolls his eyes and purses his lips into a deep frown.

"What, a few minutes ago you woulda happily stabbed folk half to death or worse and now that you're in over your head you wanna go cry about it?" He appears unsympathetic. Threatening even. But as Wanda speaks he just nods his head, albiet the gesture is mostly hidden by his helmet.

"Right, right. Get outta here. And don't let me catch you coming back either! I'm not as nice as her!"

He pauses and looks to Tala and her demons, "..Probably nicer then them, though.."

He looks on as Tala summons her portals to send them back to whence they came and he just grunts and turns, preparing to quickly take his leave else the authorities decide to recall that he's a wanted super criminal mercenary.

Phobos has posed:
    With the way clear the creatures hesitate no longer. Instead they /rush/ back into the tunnel, skittering and leaping as quickly as they can and looking to leave this horror-show of a dimension behind them. They disappear into the dark down that tunnel but when they reach about midway the noises coming from them diminish and then disappear abruptly.
    Until finally, eventually, it leaves Tala, Cain, and Wanda there as the police officers and the four SHIELD agents close up around them. One of the four advances, the dark-haired one who is a touch taller than the rest lifts his voice, "Agent Nelson of SHIELD, ma'am." His words meant for Wanda. A tall blond man, a red-haired woman, and the heavy-set dark-haired man all settle up beside the speaker.
    "Appreciate your help, we have units on the way, we'll clean up." Which has him looking over at Tala and Juggernaut, an eyebrow quirking behind his glasses with a curiousity to his expression.

Scarlet Witch has posed:
Indeed, it is chaos magic being tasted. Along with a bit of convenient hex magic to make things go her way. That seems to be low level and ongoing, though. Wanda grins at Juggernaut. "I do try to be a nice person.." But sometimes, her shaded past influences her present. Wanda remains in the air until the last of the creatures goes down the tunnel. Until even the sounds of them are gone. Then she looks to the sky and opens her hands. The barrier starts going down, as it had gone up. From the top, down to the ground. Soon, it is no more.

Then she floats gently to the ground herself, and looks to Agent Nelson when he's introduced. "Wanda Maximoff of the Avengers," she replies. "It was my pleasure to help." She turns jade green eyes to look over Tala and Juggernaut. "You two are interesting. I know of another hot dog stand, not far away." Oh yes, she'd heard the lamentations about snack time being messed up.

Tala has posed:
As the creatures return to where they came from, Tala turns back to her starting point. Her two bags sit there on the ground where she dropped them. She takes a peek inside to be sure everything is still there then glances up as the various agents arrive.

He was thanking her? That was rich. But perhaps she had been a bit of the hero here, even if her methods were a bit darker. "You are welcome. It was the least I could do," she said, English words spoken with a Russian accent. The very least. But she had tried to keep things low-key in the encounter.

Then her eyes fell on the blond agent. She walked closer, right into his personal space unless stopped or he backed away. "Do I know you? You seem... familiar."

Juggernaut has posed:
Juggernaut knows that look. He returns it with a sort of 'I could stay and cause trouble if I wanted to, but I won't' mischievious gleam to his eyes. Something well and easily read by the agent.

"I better pass.." he muses as he hears Wanda. "Might get some folk into trouble as I'm the trouble making sort.. Thanks for the offer. Be seein' you red."He looks over to Tala as she moves to speak to the blond agent and there's a momentary pause as he considers that situation...and then he turns and begins to walk away, moving at a deliberate and casual pace for the edge of the park.

Phobos has posed:
    "Alright people, let's get to work." Is said as Agent Nelson turns away, he makes a gesture with one hand even as distantly those black trucks roll on up to the site parking at that bridge that rolls right over the tunnel. Teams are getting out, setting up their gear.
    But then Tala advances on one of the agents who looks down at her with a slight tilt of his head. His response? "I don't believe so, ma'am. I'd definitely remember meeting you."
    And at that he smiles, a little wryly, a little sheepishly. As if a little bit taken with her.
    While on the comms, Kelso's sub-vocalized voice comes across. "Oh man, what a shitty line."
    O'Hara covers her mouth and coughs, "/Loser!/" Into the microphone.
    But then Nelson snaps, "If you're done, Aaron?"
    Which has the blond agent moving. "Coming." And then he turns away.
    Nelson, for his part watches after Juggernaut as the monster of a man departs. Shaking his head. He makes the decision he knows is likely better for his career... and lets the man go. 'Lets' him go. Hah.