14765/Yet Another Rule of Fight Club

Yet Another Rule of Fight Club
Date of Scene:	08 March 2023
Location:	Bushwick (Mutant Town), Brooklyn
Synopsis:	A boring night at a gambling hall and fight club turns out to be more then was initially bargained for.
Cast of Characters:	Juggernaut, Power Girl, Rogue

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Juggernaut has posed:
As a community, Mutant Town has been under quite abit of pressure of late. This should be no surprise given the minority population that calls it home. Purificers, Sentinels...their own kind losing their marbles..needless to say there's no shortage of things to keep mutantdom on their toes and to make the blood pressure rise.

So it's hardly unusual that some locations exist to blow off steam and just sort of..lt all out..in a manner that is probably less then legal in nature. Such is the case here in an abandoned subway accessible to to those in 'the know' within Mutant Town. A massive abandoned subway station is the perfect place for the type of shenanigans and it is open and welcome to all comers be they human, mutant, meta, alien or otherwise. The place stays hopping and one never knows who they might run into given the ability for any all types to it in around here. A combo gambling hall, ring and bar, the place is large enough to hide just about anybody if they want. For the most part. Some people just stand out. This is Mutant Town after all.

The ring that serves as the center of attention currently houses two mutant bruisers who are going at it. Nothing particularly high on the power tier. Stronger then normal humans to be sure. One red skinned and sporting an occasional puff of flame from his nostrils and the other blue with a rocky hide just shy of trademark infringement on Ben Grimm. Their punches hit hard enough to vibrate the bodies of those a few rows away and cheers and jeers rise and fall with the pace of the fight.

In the back lurks an immense presence. Cain Marko is used to this place, having visited it before. A corner table reinforced for his massive weight is dominated by his hulking physique and he watches the proceedings with a look of utter, irredeemable boredom. Cyttorak is unsatisfied. Therefore he is unsatisfied. A tee shirt sporting Godzilla looming over a skyline, stretches across his gigantic torso, swelling visibly and stretching under the behemoths heavy breaths. A sign of his slowly bubbling and boiling ire and dissatisfaction at the entertainment this evening.

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Is here but she's undercover right now wearing jeans a t-shirt well it was now it's more crop top but not much she can do about that she's got a baseball cap on her head to hide her face as she wanders around.. she dosn't approve of the fight club but she can't stop it to be honest.. becuase another one will pop up and this one acutally takes care of the fighters.. so best leave it, but it also attracts the mob kind people so she's here for that type of criminal

Rogue has posed:
It's very likely even the mutants who stay elsewhere than Mutant Town know of this place. They all come here often enough, it would be easy to catch wind of it. Would they do anything about it? Not really. Not if it kept the peace in most other ways and nothing ever got too out of hand. So long as it was just there to help with peace keeping.

That doesn't mean they don't come along and check it out every once in a while to make sure it IS just for that reason. The legalities of it...well...some X-Men may glare it down. Others will likely turn a blind eye. Rogue is one of those where she's in the middle. Knowing what can happen if one is caught doing the illegal but also knowing that having this sort of place to release the pressures of the day... that's worth something out here.

So here she is. Looking around to likely see if she can even spot a familiar face. A little smirk on her lips as she sees Cain Marko sitting at a table just offside the fight. She weaves and dips through the crowd, in her full body suit and gloves, ponytail with that one white streak in her hair standing out. Only to approach Cain's table and gives the man a grin. "Well butter my biscuits... what's a guy like you doin' down here inna place like this?"

Juggernaut has posed:
Inside the ring a loud meaty *TWACK* occurs as the red-hued bruiser slams his fist full on into the blue one and sends the poor sod flying fully across the ring to land in a slumped heap. The force of the blow is audible and it shakes the immediate area around the ring. There is a heartbeat of silence and - then crowds react with roars, cheers and jeers as the winner is proclaimed. Some nickname is called out that is probably only a few shades worse then being called 'Strong Guy' and Cain simply rolls his eyes and huffs out a rumbling bearish snort that causes those near him to look his way in concern. Did he just lose a bet? Maybe.

He takes a pull from a large metal keg, emptying it all out. His fingers twitch as he lowers it and the keg crumples like wet tissue, compressing into a tiny ball with an audible crunch. He delicately sets it onto the table and then slowly rises, his body moving like an incarnate earthquake and muscles sliding about and bunching up thunderously under his flesh and visibly pressing through his garments. Needless to say, those near him begin to move - not wanting to risk the giants attention.

Suddenly..Rogue! Cain blinks as the southern's cheerful voice breaks through his gloomy mood without any hint of intimidation or fear and he turns slightly to look in her direction as she draws near.

"Huh..well wel 'sugah'.." he finally rumbles before sitting back down, ".What's it look like I'm doin'? Trying to unwind..maybe with a little violence.." He grins slowly, expression almost shark like as he looks at her, "What about you? Aint you breaking some sort of rule by being here?"

As to Karen? The brute doesn't note her presence just yet, though proximity may cause that to change at any moment.

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Heard the crunch and saw the crowd move, not cause of the win but because of the massive man. She looks over those pale blue eyes, checking out the huge guy she saw him before.. Then she thinks, " Oh wait I remember him. He's the guy that wanted to steal my donuts," She says to herself.. But she also spots him looking at talking to the pretty brunette with the white streak in her hair.

     But the blond right now is mostly still checking her ears open using her super hearing but it seems the mob deal she heard about might not be going down here.. perhaps that giant man scared them off?

Rogue has posed:
Rogue tilts her head a little from one side and then the other before she shrugs her shoulders. "And? Who's gonna tell on me? You?" There's a smirk then. "Also where the hell else am I gonna go if I wanna let out some steam away from the school and everyone inside it? That place can get rather dull rather quickly." The southern belle offers this much before looking back to the crowd - likely trying to see who would be next in the fight.

"The hell you windin' down from anyway? Haven't heard anything from you in seems like forever. Or is that all an excuse to come down here and get yourself a dose of violence?" There's a grin then, and perhaps a sparkle in her eyes.

"Maybe you and I should go at it, eh?"

Juggernaut has posed:
The man-behemoths eyes flicker just past Rogue to glance over in Karen's direction as he surveys the crowd..now compelled to give it a good once over in case there are others with Rogue who he'd...not really care to see or deal with right now. His gaze does indeed linger a moment on Karen's face, trying to determine if he recognizes her or not but his full attention rests back onto Rogue as she speaks and gives her explanation.

"you kiddin' me?" he rumbles, that shark like grin returning as he leans back..causing the chair beneath him to groan under his weight. "I aint exactly in yer weight class, you know.. You want me to fight with one hand tied behind m'back?"

Cain leans forward, resting a heavy arm onto the tabletop as he eyes Rogue, suspicion clear in his gaze now, despite that grin. "I been lyin' low is all. But I'm back in town and looking to have some good times. That gonna be a probelm with you and Charlie? You got your friends lurking around in here somewhere, ready to jump me?"

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Grumps, as she can tell her prey, is not here and she did kinda enjoy that fight from before .. So she decides to heck with it. She walks over to the guy in charge.. close enough for cain and rouge to hear here " who's the strongest guy or girl you have here.. I mean, real heavyweight? " She asks "Because I don't wanna hurt em , and I had a bad day, so I need to punch something " .

Rogue has posed:
"You kiddin' me? I toss bigger things than you for funsies." Rogue says this much, crossing her arms against her chest as she toes up to the table. "Also, will you make up yer mind? First ya ask if me bein' here will get me in trouble and now yer accusin' me of havin' friends here... which one is it, Cain?"

She still is oblivious to the woman behind her watching all this go down. "Also, I don't care if ya come down here, lay low, have a few fights. But yeah, if ya start causin' shit up above we're gonna have a problem. And it ain't a problem my 'friends' won't readily show up ta fix." She's practically glaring at him now, and doesn't seem to be backing down from him no matter his hulking size or shark-like grin.

Juggernaut has posed:
"You kidding me?" repeats the bookie at literally the same time Rogue does and begins laying into Cain. His attention is on Karen, however, and he looks her over in confusion even though in the back of his mind he knows good and well that looks don't mean..diddly-squat when it comes to mutants and metas. For all he knows he could be talking to Thor with someone having played an elaborate prank on him. He's been around the block enough for that. "Alright, lady. I mean, Granite-Face and Trogdor just wrapped up though and they were the toughest we had lined up. Slow Tuesday but... rumor is.." He slowly makes a slight gesture in Cain's direction. "..That's the guy you don't want to piss off.."

As to Cain, he's forced to look a little embaressed at Rogue's tongue lashing. He withdraws into his seat, looking chastised like some sort of Mastiff that's been properly chewed out despite looking big enough to drag a car to a stop.

"Alright, alright.." he grunts, "I'm just saying.. I've been tricked before and I aint much in the mood for it. You know you all like to travel in packs. I had to make sure."

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Nods " Alright " She walks over right to his table " Do you have a moment? " She asks, but she doesn't stop " I was told you're the toughest guy in this place. I'm looking for a good fight you wanna go a couple of rounds? " She asks, ' I promise not to hit too hard," She says yep she's pretty tall for a girl, and well, she's busty, but she still looks like a blond bombshell, not some heavyweight power hitter .. then again, she's like rouge in that manner. She looks over to rouge " If that's okay if I steal your man for a bit to fight em ?" .

Rogue has posed:
Rogue is about to say something else to Cain as the man backs down a bit, but then they're approached by another woman. Who asks Cain if he wants to go a couple rounds with her. This actually causes Rogue to laugh - because in her mind there's only a few who can match her in both physique and super strength. It's what she says at the end that has Rogue balking. "My man? My man? No. No no no. He ain't my man, are ya kiddin' me? I just came down here ta check things out...I know him...but...ugh." Yeah. She's a bit wordless.

"You two fight. I should head back before I'm found down here. I wouldn't want to attract any of my friends to his location." A pause. "Yet."

Juggernaut has posed:
"Whaddya mean 'ugh'!?" Sure, he'd focus on that. "Pfft..I know you aint sayin' that cause of my charmin' personality. I know the folk you run with 'sugah'.." hmphs Cain before he finally turns his full attention to Karen and looks over over in..what's confusion at first but then a sudden realization dawns on him and his expression cools and his smirk becomes more lopsided and knowing. "You again.." rumbles before finally shrugging and slowly standing. His masive frame slides up and up and up like a kaiju emerging from an ocean surface. When out in public..he's more restrained but still gigantic. Here? His nearly ten foot tall body seems to take on more and more mass as he enlarges and looms above both woman.

"I'll take you both on..unless you're just wantin' to blow kisses at me from the audience."

Cain gives that sharkish grin of his and then turns and starts walking..rumbling rather..towards the bookie. HIs very steps shaking the entire chamber as his movements part the crowds like a boulder rolling through a river.

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Blinks and tottaly dosn't understands " Oh I don't mean to get between you guys.. my cousin says i'm still learning the interactions stuff " she beams a bright sunny smile " You two finish your spat we can fight after okay? " She grins and moves to the guy setting up the fights to let him know she's gonna ruble with cain and maybe with the other girl, She also checks if he has shields or something like that to protect the crowd just to make sure for herself!

Rogue has posed:
Rogue lifts a gloved hand to her face to pinch the bridge of her nose. "Ain't how I meant that an' you know it. 'Sides, I'm with someone else..." She offers at least this much before turning and following Cain. "I ain't gonna be blowin' ya kisses from the crowd. Did you smoke somethin' funny before comin' down here?" Then she rolls her eyes and shakes her head. "Naw. I'll find him another time. I really shouldn't be startin' fights any how. Not down here. You have fun with him." Then she turns and heads back out the way she came.

Juggernaut has posed:
"Don't go backin'd own now, blondie. You woke the dragon so you gotta deal." remarks Cain to Power Girl. He frowns lightly as Rogue ultimately backs down and leaves him to deal with this stranger but he just ultimately shrugs and reaches into his pocket to pull out a wad of cash. "Put this all on me.." he rumbles to the bookie who looks on in surrpise and with..not a minor bit of conern. There are some here who know who Cain is..

As to the ring? It is not so reinforced no. This isn't a high tech facility and the meta's and mutants involved are mostly deidedly lower end on the power scale of things. The type of hitters that encompass Rogue, Power Girl and Juggernaut are..not common happenings and usually accompanied by a bit of fanfare or require much more advance care and this seems to not be about to happen. "Mr. Marko.." begins the bookie.

"Yeah, yeah I know. Keep yer shirt on." interrupts Cain testily before beginning to squeeze his immense body into the ring.

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Grins she dosn't have his issue she just seems to hope almost like a feather hopping up and move right into the ring maybe with more jiggle than she needs to. She cocks her head cracking her knuckles and rolling her arms as if to limber up before the fight she even hops a few times boxing style

Juggernaut has posed:
"Alright blondie."

The ring trembles and groans as Cain's weight settles fully into it. He stretches his arms a few times and then lifts it up, turning slightly to face the gathering crowd. He brings his limb down into a tee shirt ripping flex, bulking up a bicep towards horrifying sizes as his body casts shadow over the lithe, cy comparision, Power Girl.

The crowd seems to enjoy this though to be certain they are enjoying the bouncing Power Girl just as much if not more..for obvious reasons. Reasons that Cain himself can't help but widen his eyes abit and let that grin of his return to his features as he watches her. He'll never not be a boorish lout.

"So what's the catch? The magic trick? I'm not stupid. You wouldn't be so eager to fight me unless you thought you could humiliate me or have an ace up your sleeves."

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Stops and points at herself " umm no , I meant it i had a bad day and wanna punch something.. and you tried to steal my donuts," she says simply " I think a punch or two works for that, and he said your super tough right ? " she looks to the organizer before looking back to Cain " Can you not take a punch? Your okay with this fight, right" She frowns " I'm not going about this the wrong way am I? " she's so innocently confused, like she has no idea how people work.

Juggernaut has posed:
Well now it's Cain's turn to be confused at her innocent and seeming lack of understanding of social cues. It's kinda hard to be intimidating when the other person just doesn't get it.

"Well uh, no..uh.. Well first off I wasn't trying to steal your donuts." That does confirm she was the woman ontop of the sign so this confirms her meta nature if there was any doubt. "I was gonna -buy- some donuts. We all were. You just..had beat us all to it. But that aint here and now. Most people wouldn't -want- to try and punch me unless they had some sort of ace up their sleeves is all."

"So what is it? You strong or something and just don't show it like I do? I tell you what.. Why don't you show me what you got..and then we'll see if you can handle my Sunday Punch."

He grins again, flexing an arm and balling up a fist, "I'll even put one arm behind my back." he rumbles, "Let's see what you can do.."

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Blinks and beams " Okay , I'm gonna hold back though cause my cousin told me I'm not allowed punching full power unless it's like galatus or darkside " She says brightly as she peers behind him to check if it's okay to punch him that way . She hmmms and makes sure the use the right angle .. But then she thinks as she pulls her arm back and stops " You strong enough to take a rocket right? " She shrugs and POW! this is power girl not super girl! She hits you with enough force to send you through the wall up into the stratosphere!

Juggernaut has posed:
"Darkseid....Galactus..-your cousin??-"

That's..all the warning the giant man needs. He had one arm behind his back but just as she comes in with the blow he manages to brace..leaning forward into the punch which..well..lands with appropriately destructive force!

A thunderous *TWHOOOOM* rips through the area, causing the ropes of the wings to bend and distort wildly like wet strands of sphagetti. The shockwave blasts up and around the duo - roaring into the ceiling of the subway station and out into the crowd, through them, to the back of the club and beyond. People go tumbling, drinks break and beer is flyin'. Fortunantely the place isn't packed but that doesn't stop people from being bowling ball pins against the force of the impact wave. A few alarms go off as well and no doubt seismometers are triggered nearby.

As for Cain? He noticably does -not- fly. In fact his cushioning is probably what ate up even more of that shockwave which was no doubt deliberate on Power Girl's part. No dobut noteworthy to her is that he barely moved. Her fist is planted squarely in his massive stomach, his clothing is shredded apart but his immense body not only took that blow but braced against it. A clear sign to her that this is one brute of a being.

"Whoa! What the hell lady! What's your problem?" he finally belts out, eyes wide. "You trying to bring this place down??"

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Lets out a really low whistle and blinks " Wow, you took that " She beams like a kid who just found a toy she can't break. Her eyes sparkle then she blinks " hun? " she asks, looking around. She suddenly gasps and turns red, giving a little bow " I"M SORRY " She says quickly " I hit without thinking! " She looks back to him sheepish " sorry I just .. I'll go " She sighs " I didn't mean to toss everybody around.. but they said you could take a punch, and I got excited? ' She looks like a little girl who lost her kitten pushing her fingers together.

Juggernaut has posed:
"Good grief..are you some sorta...alien..? Clone? Dimensional...something?"

Cain goes through the possiblities in his mind. That he can even think of these options and recognized the names of Galactus and Darkseid probably says alot about his own experiences.

"Take a punch doens't mean..you can hit someone hard enough to knock 'em into orbit. If I had of not been..me...you mighta killed me..or at least really hurt someone. You went from..zero to one hundred and just skipped everything inbetween. 'Take a punch' is like...a fifty or something."

Considering what just happened he's..surprisingly calm? He's annoyed but he's not trying to come after her either. It seems her emabressment is satisfaction enough and he just sighs, "Look...let's just pay for the damages, yeah?"

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Blinks " but all I did was tap ya " She says, scratching her head. Yep zero clue how hard she just struck you was. "I thought you said you could take it " She frowns " Everybody I hit that can take it starts at that tap level .. after that, there's the soft boys.. and then humans," She says brightly.

Juggernaut has posed:
"That wasn't no tap, blondie. You think I'm an idiot? Stop playing dumb and innocent to get out of paying for these folk for the damages." sneers Cain, "Everyone you hit starting at that tap level, my ass. I'm more experienced at this then I'm letting you know..."

He frowns, turning slightly and beckoning for the terrified bookie.

Cain then pauses and glances back to Karen and the first hint of a smirk comes across his features, "I mean..I'm mostly mad about the bar. I like this place. You don't think that punch actually did anything to me, did you?" His grin broadens, expression mildly dark, "You got no clue who I am eh? I guess that's for the best fer now.."

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Blinks " are you somebody important? " She asks as she cocks her head " Well, I was gonna send you into the air because you were so heavy I knew I had to hit you rather hard... and if you're tougher than the guys before, you could take that kinda hit and survive getting launched thought the ground " she grins clearly she did think it through " but that wasn't a lie that was a tap " .

Juggernaut has posed:
Now it's Cain's turn to consider Power Girl. Perhaps he's been over selling things a bit. The damages are there but..nobody was hurt. Being truly at ground zero of a clash of titans would be far more dagerous for denizens so perhaps he's been trying to gaslight her to learn more about her.

Or perhaps not. "..Alright fine." he admits, "A tap. It would have lifted most people off their feet, true enough, if they weren't ready but..I'm in a league alot different then most. I braced but I might not have even had to just cause...I'm that strong. But you're right, blondie. I'll give it back to you. As to who I am? I'm known as The Juggernaut. You surprised me cause I wasn't eeven expecting that much but..yeah I can take a lot more then that. Probably more then you or anyone can give actually but...don't try and test that here unless you want a bunch of blood stains.."

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Grins and thinks " I know where we can fight " She suddenly floats up and puts her hand on his shoulder " I can take us there " She grins like a kid with a new toy " I promise nobody will care what we do there it's a big desert " she beams .

Juggernaut has posed:
"Wait a second blondie." Cain reaches up to push her hand away. "I don't know you like that, alright? I"m not about to get taken somewhere and end up stuck or whatever or take a long time to get back."

If the name didn't ring any bells to her then she probably doesn't know about his merc origins or criminal history, fair enough, but he's clearly not sure he can fully trust her as she doesnt' seem to have...all eggs in one basket to him. Genius or no.

"You and I get to tussling and it might not end as jovial as you're acting." Also .. Great. SHe can fly.

"Who'd you say your cousin was?"

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Blinks " Oh Superman," She says this like it's the most casual thing in the world as she looks at the guy still flying, mostly so she can see him in the eye.. crossing those arms under that generous bust " Do you know him? " She asks, still with that innocent look " it was just in the Chihuahuan Desert that's in the us.. but it's big enough we can rumble .. or we can go to death valley I wasn't gonna take you to Africa.. I Didn't know how you take flying over the ocean or if you're strong enough to fly that fast" .

Juggernaut has posed:
"Superman's your cousin..?"

Cain's smile becomes tighter but it remains and his eyes hood as he considers this.

"So you're..like him then?"

He rubs his jaw thoughtfully..mind racing with possibilities now. "..Well..that explains it then. No wonder you're so desperate to find someone who can spar with you.. And I guess the name Juggernaut isn't ringing any bells then?"

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl She Blinks and seems to think about it a finger on her chin " hmmm " then she shakes her head " nope," She gives a big smile " I've mostly been learning about human history and stuff " she shrugs," and trying to learn how humans do things.. I didn't get a big list of bad guys and good guys yet. Oh right, and inventing new technologies " .

Juggernaut has posed:
"Huh.."

It's all becoming much clearer to the huge man now and he ndos his head thoughtfully before finally shrugging.

"Alright.." he concedes, "Sure, why not. You seem nice enough and now you got me curoius. I'll tell you what.. I"ll go ahead and give you a little sparring match out in the desert but keep this between us alright? Don't go telling your cousin or anyone that you made a sparring partner with Juggernaut. I don't got the best reputation among the folk your cousin runs with."

Before she moves in to get him, however, he holds up a hand, "But not tonight. I owe these guys caues I like this joint so help me clean this place up and we'll call it even."

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Beams " Sure " She jumps up and well then cain gets another eye full sorta all he can see is a blur and eveyrhting getting fixed like some kind of magic sweeping though the area as she uses super speed to fix the whole place just like new.. what would take hours takes minutes before stops back infront of him with a grin " all done " She beams one of those praise me smiles

Juggernaut has posed:
"Nice.."

He's impressed, especially because this means he doesn't have to. Then again he didn't break the place.

"Alright, fair. See you around then..uh.."

Cain pauses before leaving, realizing he didn't get her name. "What was your name again?"

Power Girl has posed:
Power Girl Looks at him as she's floating towards the exit and she looks back " hmmm oh I'm Power girl " She beams and grins before she gives a wave to stay flying !