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|Date of Scene=2021/06/19
|Location=Coney Island
|Synopsis=The Scoobies search for kids kidnapped by vamps amid a carnival. Deadpool leads them on a wild chase.
|Cast of Characters=328,7044,106,9039,6995
|pretty=yes
|Tinyplot=Open Door
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|Poses=:'''{{#var:328|Buffy Summers (328)}} has posed:'''<br>There have been rumours of a new fair opening up in Consy island. Given the warm summery days, it's been quite popular too. There are street performers, a rodeo, all sorts of exciting rides like roller coasters, bumper cars and Ferris wheels. As well as fun little games like a giant maze along with your typical duck shooting games, balloon tosses and other fun things where you can win prizes. And all sorts of unusual foods to try too..<br><br>There is also a spooky little house of illusions which is particularly popular. However, there have been recent reports of people going missing upon entering the fair, mostly bright faced teenagers full of energy and potential.<br><br>Buffy had arrived here, hoping to find clues as to where the kids are vanishing to, and she had brought some Scoobies with her. It's been a hot day but the sun is about to set.Even so, she opted for denim shorts and a black tank top over a flowy white blouse, partly unbuttoned to let some fresh air in. Oh and sandals and a nice straw hat.<br><br>"Sooo where should we head to, first?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7044|Thomas Raith (7044)}} has posed:'''<br>Thomas Raith grins a little bit, "Well I could win you a teddy bear." He himself has opted for cargo shorts with massive pockets and a baggy t-shirt that reads "I'm too sexy for this shirt... but public decency laws mean I have to wear it anyway." He seems completely relaxes and at ease...showing no signs that he has a Kukri strapped to his back or that one of those deep cargo pockets holds his brother's .357"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:106|Deadpool (106)}} has posed:'''<br>Deadpool fights the armored man pushig back and forth as the plane tilts and weaves. He is currently in the air fighting a group of what look to be Japanese men though they have full riot gear on as they all kick, and shove him. The side of the plane is already open the door jimmying off a while ago as the pressure to push them out are already growing. Finally one gets the guts and charges him pushing him and Deadpool out of the plane they fall, and fall<br><br>Now as the two men fall they punch, and try to stab each other the ground comind up fast. Deadpool makes sure the man can't reach the cord, and the other one desperatly tries to pull the chute he had put on beore he charged him outside. The struggle goes on for a few moments before Deadpool pulls up his legs and kicks off the man to push him back and away a bit securing his landing, and the others demise as the spin makes it just too difficult to pull the chord before the ground comes up to meet him. The man that pushed off Deadpool most likely didn't feel anything, that far up and the solid ground at those speeds he was gone before the pain could strike in as he hits the pavement. Deadpool on the other hand smashes into one of the few cars that were farried over. Smashing through the roof easly there is a large *Slam* then just silence as the cars alarm goes off. His legs and arms are visable now hanging out though there is no movement for a little bit. Then after a moment there is a.. "Oww... ugh..." as he is starting to move again. "Where the hell am I?" he says to himself not sure where the plane dropped him off. If a few more moments start to pass he will start to roll a bit, and start to get up out of the wreckage that is left of the car.<br><br>There are some worried people around, some pointing with the exclimation "Zombie!" and moving away from that part of the car park though thankfully it was mostly empty as people are looking at the sigts. The other man is dead, and the things on him distroyed including the parachute that just tore on impact. Deadpool thankfully is fully armed with his guns, and two swords wearing his standard Red &amp; Black outfit. It is rather scuffed, and cut in places, but it looks like it somewhat came through the experience intact.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:9039|Nick (9039)}} has posed:'''<br>Being that Coney Island was in New York City, you'd think Nick's response time would be quicker since he lives there. But of COURSE the call for help is going on when he's on tour.<br><br>And currently staying in Metropolis. .<br><br>Oh freaking hell..<br><br>So once again, he's a bit late to the party. .<br><br>Showing up in slightly higher quality clothing than normal, Nick's hair is pulled back into a ponytail. But that bookbag is at least with him. .<br><br>He approaches Buffy and Thomas, hands over his ears to block out the sound of the car alarms. He glances to Buffy. "There's just a way you have with timing on these requests..."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:328|Buffy Summers (328)}} has posed:'''<br>Buffy Summers had packed some light weaponry, mostly stakes in her hair, holding up her ponytail like stylish chopsticks, and those spiked tonfa strapped around her thighs, hidden in colorful cases like she's making a fashion statement. She smirks at Nick as she spies him, "Glad you could come either wa--"<br><br>Woah, what was noise? Eyes narrow as she peers towards the parking lot where Wade..Jumps out of a plane, fighting some other guy before crash landing in the parking lot. "Good grief, what trouble is he up to now? Whatever it is, can't be good, especially if he's in cahoots with the vampires now.."<br><br>Which is still on the table, but. "Come on, we'd better question him.." and she hurries after him.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7044|Thomas Raith (7044)}} has posed:'''<br>Thomas Raith sighs slightly, "So that's a no on the Teddy bear?" he asks casually and smirks a little bit, "Hey Nick. How was the big city?" He shakes his head a bit, "Cooney Island is supposed to be a normal place you take a date right?" he asks the open air. "You eat corn dogs, ride roller coasters... Crazy mercenaries are not supposed to fall on your head are cooney Island..<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:6995|Poseidon (6995)}} has posed:'''<br>Not only people flock to a fair like this, but also birds. Crows, magpies, all the little sparrows that are around towns. And, perhaps most prominent, seagulls. There's a whole flock of the white and grey birds, beady little eyes watching for any stray bits of food dropped on the ground. The birds swoop in and snatch the morsels, even through the crowd of people. <br><br>And not just from the ground. Seagulls are bold little birds. There's the occasional thieving of food right from someone's plate, or bowl, or bag. Even their hands, on occasion if it's held up at the right time at the right angle. Of course, their birdy voices are quite lost amidst the din of the crowd as an undercurrent to the fair's music.<br><br>Poseidon is also here. He is not a seagull, but he is sitting near the spooky little house of illusions, with a plate of cinnamon and sugar dusted elephant ears atop it. Curiously, the seagulls do /not/ go anywhere near his food. At least, not until he tosses them a bit here or there. His long silver hair and beard glints in the lights. He looks like just another carny.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:106|Deadpool (106)}} has posed:'''<br>Deadpool crawls out of the wreckage to fall to the ground with an uumph, he looks up to see the Ferry guy frozen in fear just looking at him. Deadpool grins and holds up a hand, "Relax... Govement testing of fall resistant suits." he explains pulling out a wallet he flips it open for just a moment before he closes it again, "Section 42.. Sir ignore everything you seen here and go along your way." as now he is standing with a hand on his back as it creaks loudly.<br><br>Of course it was just a library card he showed him, but the guy at the Ferry at least believes him as what else could it be so turns and starts heading away from this as he doesn't want to be a part of those darn goverment types.<br><br>As Wade looks up and turns looking around a bit. "I think it was an island.. Hey before you go where the hell am I?" he asks to the quickly escaping man, only to get "Coney Island." as a response. He just smiles, and waves letting the man continue turning to see a Buffy heading his way. "Oh no.. its you." he says deflating a bit, their last encounter didn't go well but out of all the places to drop it had to be here, and she had her serious face nn to so he was going to get an ear full.<br><br>He looks past her and sees Nick who he gives a weak wave to, and then Thomas as that smile gets a little larger. Maybe luck was in his favor as he gets his hands up infont of him as Buffy gets closer. "Whoa whoa... what the hell is this are you stalking me?" he asks acusitory. Though he had not seen her in a bit, he bet she didn't even miss him the nerve of some slayers, as he is now moving towards them. He looks serious as well peering at her like he is going to give her a pieve of his mind, but right before he is about to talk again a flock of seagals swarm around him. He never got along with animals and they were makin sure he knew the picking order, as he waves around a arm. He yells. "I ran I ran so far awaaay!" at them, as they are already staring to disperse to find food as Deadpool now knows not to mess with them.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:9039|Nick (9039)}} has posed:'''<br>Nick turns his head looking over towards Wade. The distance allowing for him to lower his hands. A brow arches as he watches the scene but something Buffy says draws his attention back to the slayer. "He's in what now?"<br><br>As Thomas addresses him, he turns his head, looking to the older man. "Big." He answers, giving a smirk. He chuckles, "Yeah it's alright. During tours I spend most of my time in concert venues or hotels it's not interesting enough to really write home about. And the notable things are also not things to write home about."<br><br>Nick glances back to the advancing Buffy and then to the target of her approach who is...waving. The musician lifts up a hand, giving a slight wave back. Hearing the Flock of Seagulls singing at the - flock of seagulls, the career musician sighs. "It's going to be a long evening, isn't it?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:328|Buffy Summers (328)}} has posed:'''<br>Buffy Summers smiles faintly at Thomas, "Don't worry, let's beat the bad guys then enjoy ourselves later, hmm?" to Deadpool, she just glares, folding her arms, "Now, why would I be stalking you? More like the other way round." to Nick, she just nods to Wade, "FYI, he recently switched sides after the bad guys promised to grant him his greatest desire. Not only did he shoot Thomas in the arm but he would have done more than that if I hadn't woken up when I did..Bet he knows exactly where the missing kids are gone, don't you, Wade?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7044|Thomas Raith (7044)}} has posed:'''<br>Thomas Raith pinches the bridge of his nose. He doesn't contest buffy but there is something... well harmless is the wrong word, but something about Wade that makes it impossible to take the man seriously or as a credible threat.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:106|Deadpool (106)}} has posed:'''<br>Deadpool looks at her with a blank look for a moment just listening until he gets an idea, of course this would be interesting if nothing else. He laughs loudly out with hands on hips looking at her before he stops. "Of course I am, they can give me what you three can not of course I am going to." he laughs again, "And who cares about some stupid kids that get in my way." as he pulls a knife out holding it infront of him. "And I won't tell you a dang thing." he whips it forward aiming at Nick, as he starts sprinting.<br><br>He just takes off with no key of the switch from fight to flight, but he knew the one he would have the worse chances against is the one he doesn't understand, and it worked in his favor so he decides to push his luck a little further. So with the throw he sprints back towards the fair part looking to maybe lose them in the crowd, of course he has drawn a pistol as he is running not shooting it yet as it will start chaos, but for now he is just sprinting as fast as he can. He can sprint at top human speed so he is actually rather fast, way faster then a normal person as he is just bolting through soon to be dodging through the crowd.<br><br>In his mind he is heading directly to the mirrors, he figured maybe if he brought them there they would be able to do whatever, and he would just have to help out a little bit to make sure it all worked out his way.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:6995|Poseidon (6995)}} has posed:'''<br>Poseidon looks curiously toward the flock of seagulls attacking someone. Interesting. He casually eats a bit of his fried bread and cinnamon goodness, while watching. As he watches, he notes the byplay between the two groups. And has a suspicion. As such, he contemplates eventualities.<br><br>And one of those occurs and a knife is thrown. He flicks his fingers, ever so slightly, and the water from a bottle someone walking past the group is about to drink swirls up and out of the bottle. And straight into that knife, slowing it and knocking it off course to clatter on the gravel underfoot, the water splashing around it.<br><br>Poseidon's blue eyes turn toward the fleeing figure of the man who'd thrown the knife. Coming straight at him. Curiously, he does nothing to stop or even hinder Deadpool.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:9039|Nick (9039)}} has posed:'''<br>Nick glances over to Thomas at the mention of Thomas being shot in the arm. Geez. He's really out of the loop a lot. Well, guess turnabout, fair play, and all that. Seeing the expression, Nick gives a small nod of acceptance. <br><br>Yes. It will be a long evening.<br><br>"God give me the strength." He murmurs. Glancing down, bringing his left hand up to rub at his temples. <br><br>Now. Wade's more or less talking to Buffy. So when he glances up in time to see a knife being thrown at him. He doesn't really have time to phantasm. Instead he ends up dropping back to past memories. The arms, both scarred and unscarred, shift defensively to protect the more vital areas as he tries to shift out of the path of the knife. <br><br>And then the knife gets knocked away by water. <br><br>Lowering his arms, he looks to the wet knife, and then towards the fleeing Deadpool. Eyes narrowing, he starts following after as well. The scar on the right forearm fades, reappearing on the left.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:328|Buffy Summers (328)}} has posed:'''<br>Buffy Summers blinks, "Nick, look out!" but thankfully, a mysterious jet of water...Knocks it out of the way? "Okaaay, random much.." she narrows her eyes, trying to find the source of said water. "Or not..Maybe you have a guardian Angel, hmm?"<br><br>But there's no time to chat, she takes off after Deadpool, proving to be considerably faster than any normal human. Though it'll be tricky to avoid bumping into the random person here or there. Fortunately the house of mirrors is not too far from where they are, maybe a hundred yards or so.<br><br>"Excuse me, pardon me!" it'd be easier to toss a dagger at him or something, but Buffy doesn't need to worry about security guards slowing them down too.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7044|Thomas Raith (7044)}} has posed:'''<br>Thomas Raith is also, as you say, considerably faster then a normal human. He doesn't even wait for the knife to be knocked away before he is after Wade, not afraid at all to use his preternatural speed to chase the Merc down. And not afraid to play dirty, he calls out to the crowd ahead of the mercenary "Stop Him! He touched my little girl!"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:106|Deadpool (106)}} has posed:'''<br>As he gets into the crowd it is easy, and now people are looking around he just pushes through thankfully close he runs till he gets to the entrance of the mirror place. Thomas still can see him just by following the path of people who are pointing him out now, but as Deadpool approaches the entrance he pulls out a gun, changing to a clip with a blue slash in tape on the bottom. He stops at the entrnce taking in a few breaths he looks up at the old man. He whispers, "Blanks.. don't tell them though." and holds the gun up shooting it twice into the air. This of course disperses the crowd around him, as he yells "Everyone back.." though doesn't point the gun at anyone putting it away again.<br><br>He is obviously visable now as he turns to enter the Mirror place, the shots though even blanks moved everyone away from him so that he was perfectly visable though before he goes in he reaches into a pocket and tosses some coins to the old man, "Our little secret." he notes with a finger infront of his mouth and a wink a shared secret between strangers. As he heads inside the place walking into the Mirror maze infront of the others, not looking behind him now as he enters.<br><br>He had to find these kids they were talking about obviously and now he had these people chasing him. The chaos of it was perfect as he moved through the mirrors further in hoping to find the kids themselves or the Vamps that had them. Finally he would find two 'workers' though it would be obvious they are not what they seem, as he explains how their target Thomas was coming and to be ready. He might of forgot to mention that the slayer, and others were coming as well as what fun was it ruining the surprise. Not even the bad guys were safe around Deadpool as he moved forward hoping the others would get slowed down he would bot be as they seemed to welcome him in other then stop his entry almost like he was expected.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:6995|Poseidon (6995)}} has posed:'''<br>Or a Guardian God of the Seas and Storms? Poseidon's eyes crinkle at the edges, the only bit of smile that can be seen as he's called an Angel. At Thomas' dirty tactics, Poseidon raises a brow. He holds his tongue, however. This is getting curiouser and curiouser. Meanwhile, he pops another piece of fried doughey goodness into his mouth. <br><br>His attention goes to Deadpool with those words. Blanks. He nods. And says nothing. Stuffs another bit of the bread into his mouth. Hey, it's good! He chuckles at those coins tossed toward him, and calmly picks them up and pockets them. And again, says nothing.<br><br>Instead, he stuffs the last of the fry bread into his mouth and rises to his feet. He dusts his hands off against each other and ambles toward a recycle bin. The bit of paper that had held the now devoured bread is balled up and tossed into the receptical. Posiedon wanders around toward the back of the mirror house. Toward the exit. For all the world as though he was a worker on a break and is now getting back to his job.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:9039|Nick (9039)}} has posed:'''<br>As Buffy tries to avoid bumping into people. Nick makes for a mostly straight path. Not minding how the portions of body that are out of his field of vision are faring, any overlap with persons going the opposite direction is ignored as he simply passes through them. The upper part of his body at the very least makes the bare minimum effort to look like he's going around people. <br><br>But as the flood of people increases from the gunfire. Even Nick ends up staggering against the torrent. His expression seems to get even more irritated.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:328|Buffy Summers (328)}} has posed:'''<br>As the crowds clear and gunshots ring through to scare more away, it's easier to follow Deadpool into the house of illusions, which seems to be one of those creepy fun houses full of mirrors and mazes and all sorts of trap doors and fake windows which makes it easier to get lost in here, and harder to find your way out.<br><br>"Split up, find the missing kids! Keep em away from Deadpool." Buffy says as she vanishes down a hallway. Even as she speaks, those house staff come out and it's obvious they are not your typical humans. They grin wickedly, nodding to Deadpool, one of them jerking his hand towards an eastern pathway, "Couple of kids down that way, the rest are near the very middle room."<br><br>They rush off then, and as darkness starts to fall outside hey are more confident, rushing to engage Thomas and Nick and Buffy, baring their fangs and putting on their game faces as they reveal an assortment of deadly weapons, swords, spiked flails, and axes. There are two rushing at Thomas, two more at Nick.<br><br>The sounds of screams can be heard coming from the northern path and to the west. There are still kids in here, if they can get past the goons.<br><br>As if that's not enough, a flurry of multiple reflective mirrors and a strange swaying, dizzying motion as if on a rocky ship can now be felt..Was this part of the show or something more sinister? Sure feels real.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7044|Thomas Raith (7044)}} has posed:'''<br>Thomas Raith has been feeding rather well the last several days. unfortunately the majority of that energy has been being diverted into healing a frigging gunshot would. Still he lets his hunger be his guide. He leaves the gun in his pocket, for now. Bullets would tear through these mirror walls...well like glass. Still his Kukri has no such issues and fortunately these Vamps drop into ash piles...<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:106|Deadpool (106)}} has posed:'''<br>Deadpool stops he looks back to where the others are, or in the general direction as they are in the maze, then back at the kids. This would be a perfect spot to get Thomas, or the Dagger by jumping them when they are alone though he doesn't move towards them. He turns to look towards the screaming kids, and sighs chances are they would be fine, and he could get a lot done, but... well he just couldn't leave them in that situation. He grumbled to himself about how this better not ruin his reputation as with a sigh he heads down the path they pointed out to get to where the kids are.<br><br>As he follows the path it is rather easy to get to them as they had pointed out the way. He enters to room to see how bad it already is. He was only human, well meta, or mutant, well something.. so he couldn't do anything before but he was here now. He looked around at the others in the room, "It is go time.. lets pick it up. Get out there pick them off.. Go quickly," and points to the hallway they need to go down.<br><br>He sighs a bit, "Hurry up I will guard the kids." as one of the kids actually break free enough to grab onto him. What he did next he regrets, but had to be down as he smacks the kid hard enough to knock him back on the floor, drawing blood as he drew his weapon. He pointed at any of the vamps that might of been triggered by the new blood drawn, "These are not for you.. Now go or I will tell him you ran from the one named Thomas when we had the chance to kill him."<br><br>His eyes are cold, and now all the kids are afraid of him he points a sword at the kids, "I can take care of this, if they misact I will be sure to show them the point." and laughs. He hoped it was enough, and doesn't look like he is bluffing as he could easly cut any of the kids with the sword as they were kids after all. He didn't want to, but the threat was there just to reasure them they were leaving them in good hands.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:9039|Nick (9039)}} has posed:'''<br>Nick continues moving forward, arms reaching back and into the closed backpack. As one weapon is swung at him, he leans out the other way to avoid the swipe. Spinning around, he pulls out a drumstick from the bag and shoves it inside the assailent before letting go. Continuing his spin he turns to the other assailent, pulling out the other drumstick. <br><br>Second verse, same as the first.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:328|Buffy Summers (328)}} has posed:'''<br>The first wave of vamps are easily dealt with by Nick and Thomas. But if they continue down, things get a bit trickier. Thomas will encounter another two camps before they're quickly dispatched by Buffy who walks towards him with a smirk. "You're losing your touch, hun..How about a quick break?" with that seductive smile, she glides towards him and attempts to wrap her arms around his neck, dipping in for a kiss...A gleaming knife hidden behind her back, ready to strike..<br><br>Meanwhile Nick will encounter a girl crying in the corner. Hey is that Dawn? "Nick, help me! they bit- me, it hurts.." she grabs her injured arm, for him to see. if he comes closer.<br><br>The kids with Deadpool scream and back away although the vamps seem convinced as he hits one of them. "Violeta wants em all, bring em to the central room, there's a trapdoor there!" and then they turn and leave to round up more kids.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7044|Thomas Raith (7044)}} has posed:'''<br>Thomas Raith smiles a bit and gives Buffy a wicked sort of smile. "In the hall of mirrors?" he asks playfully, "Who knows who might be watching. Never knew you could be so...kinky." Then he moves fast, pinning Psudo Buffy agienst the wall, the knife still behind her back and kisses her, hard... sucking whatever life force is keeping the Vamp pretending to be hear out... "They never learn." he says wiping his lips with distatse. "And that one needed to brush her teeth."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:106|Deadpool (106)}} has posed:'''<br>As Wade watches them leave he just shakes his head, "Really... like I can be trusted with anything." and laughs as he looks around at the kids. "You little brats mean nothing... You." he grabs the arm of the one he hit earlier it just is not that kids day as he lifts him to his feet to start dragging him towards where the Trap door was. He wasn't sure what was down there, but he had no intention of heading that way. Instead he listened and traveled back into the maze kid in hand. He stoped at the door, "I am putting an explosive on the other side of the door. If you open it... Boom.. So stay here, and shut up." and then moves out of the room shutting the door again.<br><br>He sets up what looks to be an explosive on the door with wires heading out all the different ways then grins to himself grabbing the kid again and moving in.<br><br>The explosive on the door was a dud, but if anyone without explosive knowledge were to look at it the thing would look real. He heads back into the maze, and it doesn't take long to find a Buffy fighting the others. As he enters he says "Hey.. Hey.. Knock it off. She is mine." holding the kid to his side, he uses his other hand to show her the gun before shoving it into the kids back careful to hide the blue tape on the bottom.<br><br>"My orders have nothing to do with kids, but I won't leave here totally defeated.. Give me the dagger, or I shoot the kid right here infront of you." he says looking at her with cold eyes. If he is blufffing then it is hard to tell with the mask but you have seen that face right before he killed people before. He doesn't smile, or joke, he just stares at her. "Give me the Dagger, and he is yours... it is that simple.. You maybe fast Thomas, but my finger is faster.. don't you try nothing either." he adds just keeping that gun to the kids back.<br><br>He doesn't mention the trap door or anything yet instead focusing on his goal as that dagger was for the guy he talked bout this Violeta lady he didn't know so he would follow his own path. There is a sound of a hammer being pulled back, "And don't waste my time telling me you don't have it. I would really had this one having to die because your memory didn't stand up to the test."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:9039|Nick (9039)}} has posed:'''<br>Coming across the crying girl. The phantasmed Nick starts to move over. Blinking as the familar look registers. "...Dawn?" A few more steps occur before he stops out of arms reach. He looks to the legs, seeing if they are injured or attached to anything. "Well. Get up."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:328|Buffy Summers (328)}} has posed:'''<br>Buffy-Vamp smirks at Thomas, almost dripping with lust as she continues to hungrily kiss him..And then her eyes widen as she feels her body getting hotter..The vamp may be undead and have an un rating heart but in her immense excitement, as he feeds on her it practically explodes and he still feeds on her dries husk until she withers away to dust, shrieking as she fades away..<br><br>As for 'Dawn', she smirks at Nick, pulling out a pair of daggers and bares her fangs as she rushes towards him. "If you ssssay ssso!" she smirks, moving with lightning speed, trying to slice and dice at him.<br><br>The real Buffy meanwhile, finds her way to Wade and she quickly types a text to Thomas and Nick. Then, as the other kids flee, or try to, until they find themselves locked in the room next door, she approaches Deadpool, eyes narrowed, focused on the scared looking kid. "I knew it, you bastard. Let the kid go.." although she knows, as fast as she is, at this angle, the trained mercenary could easily kill the kid before she reaches him. Maybe, maybe not. Too much of gamble.<br><br>"Dammit.." she grits her teeth, pulling the Athame out of her purse, tossing it towards Deadpool. At least it'll be hard to catch it and still hold onto the kid.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7044|Thomas Raith (7044)}} has posed:'''<br>Thomas Raith hears Buffy's words bouncing through the walls of mirrors and he grunts. "To Empty night with this." And then he takes off his shirt. His bare abs rippling slightly under toned skin. He wraps his shirt around his hand and then punches the wall, shattering the mirror there and stepping through the glass. Punch, SMASH, step. Sometimes the fastest way between two points is a straight line.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:106|Deadpool (106)}} has posed:'''<br>As the dagger is thrown Deadpool pushes the kid forward at Buffy bringing up his gun. As he grabs the dagger bouncing off the ground he puts a few shots out there in her general direction, though he knows they are blanks she didn't so he hoped to keep her away a bit. He retreats back shooting her direction, and fleas back towards the 'trap door' he got what he came for, but he wasn't done here just yet. He looks back prop to see a pissed Buffy, but the kids will prob buy him some more time.<br><br>He runs directly to the trap-door then stops turning he smiles to himself.. "Ooops." he says dropping one of his other guns right next to the trap-door, before he pulls a phone out, he makes a call. "Can't talk now.. I have the dagger, and they are in the trap... The rest is up to you." and closes it turning to move away again now he doesn't have some kid following him<br><br>He glances back at where the others were he wanted to kill some vamps too, but it wasn't ment to be. He sighs a bit, and hopes they would spot the door as his gun was unique and none of the other vamps had one. He glances around, "Time to go... it seems the tide she be a turning." and laughs to himself as he starts whistling now walking towards the back of the place to escape now that his part had been played.<br><br>He actually laughed again as he heard glass breaking, someone finally getting the good idea to just move straight through. "Good luck." he whispered, before returning to his whistle trusting the others to take care of this mess. He put a lot of trust in those three today, that they would follow him, save the kids, and maybe find the baddie in he basement. Holding up the dagger to the light he shakes his head, this thing better be important though as he had done a lot to ge it for the man, at least he didn't have to kill any kids.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:9039|Nick (9039)}} has posed:'''<br>As the Dawn shows her horns and charges the musician. Nick channels an inner matador and spins to the side to avoid the Dawnish Bull. ¡Olé! <br><br> Let's be honest, it probably helps that he was phantasmed for what parts that didn't get out of the way. Idle suspicion confirmed, Nick reaches into his backpack to pull out another drumstick. Slinging his arm forward, he shoves it through the Dawn of the dead. <br><br> Hearing the exchange, Nick angles himself towards the voice and starts running.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:328|Buffy Summers (328)}} has posed:'''<br>Dawnpire shrieks as Nick drives a stake through her, exploding in dust. Hopefully both Nick and Thomas make their way to Buffy's position as she catches the kid once Deadpool foees, and ducks as he shoots his gun at her. "Woah.." But glancing around after he flees, she realizes that there are no bullets in the walls. Ir mirrors. "Blanks...? What the..."<br><br>She however, must tend to the bleeding kid first, checking his wounds and wrapping any that need immediate attention though they seem fairly minor. "Nick, Thomas, those kids are behind that door..Looks like an explosive on it..?"<br><br>But dammit, Deadpool got away with the Athame. But hey at least they git to the kids..?<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:7044|Thomas Raith (7044)}} has posed:'''<br>Thomas Raith shrugs slightly, "When all you have is a hammer..." He offers casually and punches through the wall beside the door and into the room, leaving the device untouched and in place... He offers the kids a beautiful smile, his skin glowing slightly and making him look almost angelic. "So," he asks casually, "who wants ice cream?"<br> <br>
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