16067/The Great Escape!

The Great Escape!
Date of Scene:	19 February 2024
Location:	Mutant Town Library
Synopsis:	An escape room turns deadly as people get captured and staff turn out to be monsters!
Cast of Characters:	Polaris, Boom-Boom, Firestar, Havok

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Polaris has posed:
Mutant Town isn't a very big place but they do operate in conjunction with Westchester County's larger library system. Either way, they have limited public funding for such a small place. Which is why they like to run a lot of fundraising activities to support themselves.

Today's event is a haunted house themed escape room. The library has been adorned in spooky drapery, ancient cobwebs, dusty books and curtains, and dim flickering lights giving it an air of an ancient building that time forgot.

As participants start to arrive, they are met with large flickering signs on computer screens with instructions on a fancy spooky background:

'Welcome one and all to the haunted library! You were all invited into this beautiful an ancient place but unbeknownst to you, this is a trap! You must find clues to lead you to the hostages hidden somewhere in this library, free them and escape before the undead fiends awaken and reclaim the library!'

'Now for some important history: Louise Riley was one of the founding librarians of the Westchester-Mutant town regional library system, but she died at the early age of 56. There are rumours that her ghost still lurks in the library where she died. This library. Find the four-digit street address of the library named after Louise Riley and use it to unlock the safe in the centre table for your next clue.'

Lorna arrives on site with Alex at her side. There are maybe ten other people gathered here in groups of two or three who also wander around looking for clues. "Well, this is spooky." she smirks.

Boom-Boom has posed:
Having been tapped to show and rep for the Xavier School. Tabby sent an invite to Angelica for an Escape Room even in Mutant town, help the blonde fly the flags.

To the point that arriving she even had a cropped yellow hoodie with XAVIER"S printed across the front in blue. Some comfy snug jeans on her hips, rips down one leg and almost an entire thigh worth of denim missing with black wool stockings filling the gaps and serving as socks for red sneakers that match her belt, spiky red leather, wrist cuffs and a collar at her neck.

The cateye glasses also share a similar tone with yellow tints to the lenses so they can keep her long hair out of the way, not all of it managed to stay bound up in the ponytail down her back.

Arriving with her fellow pyrokinetic she chuckles at the set up for the thing. "So while I could probably crack the safe without the combination. It's not cheating when you still have to work at it! Are we bound to use only resources here, or can I just google it on my phone instead of the library computers?" she asks playfully.

Firestar has posed:
A half step behind Tabitha, Angelica enters the door and looks around. Once they are both inside, she steps up next to her and smiles a little bit at the work,"Pretty well done." she mutters softly.

The words of the welcome gets a raise of her right eyebrow. A side glance at Tabitha and she smirks a little,"Oh boy. More undead fiends and me without my flame thrower."

Since she was tagged in to help represent, Angelica has one of the Xavier's hoodies as well, comfy blue jeans, and slip on white sneakers.

"Seems like an easy fix. Take it off at the hinges and thin laser focus around the edges to get the locks." She doesn't know much about safe heists, but physics and a little common sense goes a long way,"I am thinking that would probably be cheating though. It's a good thing we're the good guys, we'd make devastating and striking bank robbers." she teases softly.

Havok has posed:
Havok glances around placing am arm around Lorna. "Well this is interesting isn't it? Was there a reason you wished to come do this Lorna?" He asks before glancing to Tabitha and Angelica a slight nod given shrugging a bit. Pulling her a bit closer to his side. "So why are we working with Xaviers again hun?"

Polaris has posed:
Lorna Dane notices Tabitha and Angelica and nods to them with a slight smile. "Heh, didn't think they'd be here. But this isn't xmen business and just a fun weekend activity, so no harm in having a little fun."

She smirks, "Besides I love haunted houses!" she is dressed in her typical slightly goth attire, silver corset top, black pants, deep purple jacket. Green hair and lipstick.

There are library staff walking around with lanyards and dressed in spooky costumes like ghosts, zombies, witches and vampires. As Tabby and Angelica suggest blasting open one of the safe boxes, the witch library staff gasps, "Please don't destroy the furniture! All you have to do is find the code and enter it into the combination lock to find your next clue. You may use your phone but you won't find answers on google. Please search the library website for answers!"

Other people run around, trying to open similar safe boxes (which look like little wooden treasure chests), some are successful, some aren't.

Boom-Boom has posed:
"Nah, robbing banks is just a hassle, all the best crime is burglary. Sneaky sneaky!" she says and pantomimes the motions. Looking more like a marionette walking than anything.

"Getting all live armed robbery is just asking for capes. You break in, do the thing. Do it when like no one is around. You go loud and destructive, bat signals, this is how you get bat signals." Tabby explains the challenges of a life of crime while she pulls her phone from... somewhere and starts thumbing the screen.

"Everything starts with Google these days. Even getting to a library website." she says and she squints and scrolls and then starts putting what she hopes is the right code. "One, Nine, Zero, Four." she says softly while her other hand works on the safe.

Firestar has posed:
Angelica smiles warmly, returning Lorna's nod. Alex gets a short nod as well when he nods. Her face flushes a little bit as the woman asks them not to destroy things,"I wouldn't do that, she won't either." she explains to the woman apologeticly. Gently she nudges Tabitha's ribs and mutters,"You're a bad influence and bring out the worst in." Clearly teasing the other woman.

"Let's not call down the Batman. That one is...intense." she adds softly. Lorna and Alex might hear her, Tabitha's proximity makes it easy enough for her. She doesn't want to say that too loud since some random person might want more information than she can provide on the Dark Knight.

Since Tabitha seems to be on the trail for this question, she watches quietly. She does mutter softly,"I tend to mess up the push button pads and I can spend half a day on a dial type even knowing the combination."

Havok has posed:
Havok shakes his head to Lorna with a grunt. "Spooky shit is all well and good. But I have my reasons to not really trust or want to be around the Xaviers folks." He says with a shrug. "But fine you want to play nice I guess I'll play nice with my goody two shoes boy scout brother's people and students, than I guess I can do that." He sighs but though there is a smile he doesn't exactly seem that happy about it.

Polaris has posed:
Lorna Dane frowns softly, nodding slowly to Alex. "It's true that some of the leaders of the Xmen have made some..Questionable decisions lately, decisions that directly affected me in a negative way..However none of them are here today and I just want to have fun." She shrugs, "We can worry about those issues later.."

She smirks at the spooky costumes and glances over at the mini safe box as Tabitha enters some numbers. With a loud 'click!' the safe door opens revealing an archaic piece of paper with the following written in calligraphy: 'What year was Louise Riley library opened? enter this in computer for your next clue.' a nearby computer terminal beeps, with a space on the screen to enter the next four digit code.

Boom-Boom has posed:
Tabby might be a bit distracted by actually solving stuff to worry about Havok's disdain. The click of the safe opening getting a squeaky little 'Yay!' from the blonde and a fist bump offered to her redheaded partner in crime.

The next clue on paper. "They artificially age this? Cool?" Gotta respect the work going in as she reads the clue and starts back on her phone. "Touch screen keypads have their own ways of bypassing. So do biometric print scanners." There is a bit of a squint as Tabby tries to read the flowery calligraphy. Those glasses of hers are prescription and any kind of cursive is getting rarer and rarer in the age of computers and print forms wanting block print when handwriting is required.

More squinting when she looks back to her phone to navigate the library site. "I swear I'm gonna need a new screen protector. And a manicure!" scritch scritch scritch.

With what she things might be the next code she shows Angelica and offers to let her do the honors this time.

Firestar has posed:
"It's fortunate that I am with the Justice League, not Xavier's. Just supporting my best friend's play." Angelica says a little too chilly for one so warm. She might might not want to fight, but she'll stand with a friend no matter what. Red heads.

She fist bumps Tabitha and turns her attention away from the other two, focusing her thoughts on the clue now,"Good plat Tabby." She takes out her phone and starts to try and chase the clue. Focus on the fun, ignore the rest.

She swipes her phone and starts looking for the established date of the library. It takes her a minute.

She checks her phone against what Tabitha presents and walks to the computer to type in 1-9-5-9.

Havok has posed:
Havok shakes his head. "Lorna you should know better. Just because the higher ups ain't here don't mean that those who support and agree with them ain't, you know that." He grumbles. "And you think I've forgiven or forgotten what that one said about you and I?" He gestures to Tabitha, before looking at Firestarter. "Wear Xaviers gear, support them, you're the same to me."

Polaris has posed:
Lorna Dane smiles at Angelica. "Justice League? Nice." she seems impressed. "I still owe you one for helping me clean up the mess that Spiral left behind.." Tabitha however is given a cooler smile. "Heard you insulted my boyfriend here. I don't take insults lightly. I trust that won't happen again." she moves closer to Alex and seeks out a different safe box. "Come on Alex, let's give 'em some friendly competition why don't we?" she winks at him tugging him towards the nearby table at a different terminal, trying to lighten the situation. Now is not the time for fighting.

"Now what was that code again? Ah, right.." she punches in the code. Both computers beep in the affirmative and the next clue appears on their screens.

"Things are about to get trickier. If you answer these questions wrong, you might just regret it. ;) (the winky face is in the form of an ominous skull): Louise Riley wrote and published four books in the library. Find these four books and pull them off the shelf in order of publication date from oldest to newest to reveal the next clue. Get this answer wrong and you might have an unpleasant surprise!"

Boom-Boom has posed:
"Angie, next time remind me to wear the school hoodies in rainbow colors." Tabby says playfully towards Angelica. Though Lorna gets more of a grin. "Alex treated you like you might as well be chattel. I'm amazed you put up with that bullshit." Tabby's thoughts on the man had been vocalized well enough while she searches through the library's online catalogue.

"Just four?" she again shows the list she found and then makes a start on roaming the stacks to find them. "At least any pranks for the wrong book won't be like my level of prank. No mess that could damage books." she says with some relief. Setting off explosions, whether plasma or cream tend to not be ideal for paper.

Firestar has posed:
"I think I was in the Watchtower for that one." she admits when Lorna mentions the Spiral mess.

She glances at Alex again, seeing as how he just insulted her, well in his mind anyway. A soft laugh and she sighs, shaking her head,"Bless your heart." That's it. She's not dealing with it or him for now.

Her attention shifts to Tabitha and she nods,"Bring one for me." she agrees and starts to focus on the books riddle and swipes on her phone, moving towards the stacks,"No cream for plasma pranks no." she teases softly and hmms as she looks at a list. She shows it to Tabby and sees if they have matching ideas.

Havok has posed:
Havok smirks and starts to nod as Lorna leads him off but than Tabby is spouting off at the mouth again about things she knows nothing of and he laughs and it's a loud booming laugh before he turns a glare to Tabitha. "You clearly haven't learned your lesson about keeping your mouth shut and being thought a fool over opening your mouth and leaving no doubt. You've yet again proven you're either a fool or an idiot, so tell me which are you kid? Because you're the one who tossed out insults towards Lorna as well, considering you tried to insinuate she and Bobby had a love child when Lorna and I have been together for a long time. So before you start running your mouth about the way other people's relationships are you might want to either educate yourself on it or have one of your own now run along isn't it time for you to go back to the mansion for the other more senior members of the team to tuck you in for a nap?" His gaze drifts to Firestar. "You think I don't know what that stupid southern I'm being polite but calling you an idiot statement of bless your heart means? Come on now, I'm not one of these uneducated untraveled folks you may be used to dealing with. The fact is you throw your lot in with them, to help them shows me you're not any better than the ignorance they show, and I'd know considering my brother is field commander."

Polaris has posed:
Lorna Dane arches a brow at Angelica. "...You really don't remember? That's..Unfortunate.." is all she says about that.

As Tabitha goes into further detail about said insults, Lorna just scowls. "I think you should stop right there, Tabitha, you've caused enough damage as it is. Dont cause further insult to injury by calling my boyfriend a liar."

She turns to the next clue and smirks. "Well this should be easy.." she pulls the correct books from the shelves but in the wrong order. "Ulp!" she lets out a surprised gasp as a trap door opens up beneath her feet and swallows her up.

It seems many others around them make the same mistake, and several more trap doors swallow them up, leaving just the three mutants remaining..But surely this is part of the game? Still the smile the four library staff give them as they close slowly in on them are rather ominous.

"Just one more clue to save your friends..Can you solve it?" one offers with a cold smirk. A secret door is revealed once the correct books are pulled, with a note written in red ink that looks suspiciously like blood pinned to the front:

"Louise Riley was known as the Story Lady for a weekly radio kids show. What year did her radio show begin?"

Boom-Boom has posed:
"Lorna if you didn't like the idea, then my bad. But Alex is still a possessive jackass for being offended at the very idea that you might even consider relationships with someone not him. Or that someone else might express interest in you."

The sound of trap doors and the occasional yelp gets a hmm as she sees one person drop. "Who the hell builds trap doors in a library? I call sus! We're working now, so be offended in your own time Havok. This might be real shit." she says when she and the others find a note. In Blood? "Ugh, someone is really trying too hard." Back to the website, books still in hand as she searches, she swore she saw the answer already. Same place she saw the opening of the library.

Same paragraph even. "This place is so going to need money for new flooring without trap doors."

Firestar has posed:
"So you just sum me up as Xavier's for wearing a sweat shirt. I have NYU shirts and Jets shirts too. That an issue of any worth? Selectively lining me up with them by the design on my shirt? How is it any different than attacking me for skin color, religious choices, hair color, or genetic code? You're behaving the way a racist would. Distinguish, I didn't call you a racist. Does that make you feel better? Don't worry. I won't bother you anymore. You can say whatever you like about me." she replies and turns from him him and shutting his existence out.

She winks at Polaris and smiles a little,"I remember, it's a character flaw. I appreciate things, I just don't always know how to process praise...." her words are cut off when Lorna falls through the floor. Her eyes widen and library or not she forgets the arguement with Alex instantly. The look on the person's face. The cold smirk. The glassy eyes.

"Tabby. Something's not right. Watch your six. This is starting to feel like that manor you, Betsy, and I were at. Summers, can you see Lorna? A fall more than ten feet could break limbs or worse." she says calmly. She isn't Cyclops or Captain America, but she has a little experience it seems. She looks at the woman with the cold smirk and she doesn't look at the phone now. The question, for the moment, ignored. The air around her, decidedly warmer.

Havok has posed:
Havok shakes his head again at Tabitha. "No you moron, I was offended about you insinuating she had a child with someone else, without having any facts aside from just the abilities that the person had. So therefore you were assuming, you know what happens when you assume right hmmm? As I said run home kid, you're not exactly needed here." He growls. "Besides It's not a matter of being offended someone else might find her attractive, her being found attractive doesn't bother me, you making an assumption that she's two timing or sleeping with others, and telling me straight up that she should and what was it...oh yes you'd show her a great time, that's where I take offense and rightly so. In fact you owe me an apology." Alex says before looking to Firestar again. "And no I lump you in with them, because you wear their garb and the company with which you keep. Don't want to be lumped in with ignorant folks, who go out of their way to piss people off, don't hang with them, or if you do, correct your friend on foolish behavior, because in truth Lorna and I aren't people who'm folks should be pissing off." Chuckling. "This shit ain't real but if it makes you feel better, I've always got Lorna's six, and I've been running missions like this probably since you started in, or just before you were Highschool, but yea I got eyes on Lorna." He spots whats going on and charges the door. "Lorna! You good, I mean this is just a game, but like you weren't hurt yea?"

Polaris has posed:
There are two trap doors that close instantly after they swallow up other participants, but it looks like they are not straight drops but rather slides that lead to the basement. Perhaps this old building was something other than a library in the past, something with laundry chutes or other transportation chutes..?

Either way, those shifty 'staff' give strange, glassy eyed grins as they surround the remaining three. "You folks had better hurry and save those people, before the monsters eat them.." one of them states cheerfully in a singsong voice.

Once the last code is entered on the door, it swings open, revealing a dark and spooky corridor that leads down a steep set of spiralling stairs, presumably to the basement. The pathway ahead is lit up bay dim flickering torches every several paces down. Lorna does not respond to Alex's calls but with any luck, he and the others will find her at the bottom of this pit..

Boom-Boom has posed:
There's a roll of blue eyes behind tinted lenses. "You know Angie, Iceman would have dryheaved, more so cause ya know, think he might still be in a guys only phase. Lorna's like top shelf hot, even he respects that. But he'd have laughed his ass off." she points out to the redhead as she stuffs her phone... somewhere. The books she snagged from the shelf still in her other arm.

We also living in a world with Mister Fucking Sinister playing Lego with all our DNA, so it's not like anyone needs to have sex to find themselves with sudden offspring. Scott and Jean, and Madeline. There is precedent. So getting offended by speculation, and pointing out that people always have options in relationships. It's just being a huge dick." she adds and chuckles.

The code is punched in and the door slides open and it's dark and twisty. So treacherous. "Hey Angie, how much can you carry mid flight? Get an uppie so we can go down?" she asks with a grin. There's another look to Havok. "I doubt she could carry you. Your head is just too dense. Watch that first step though. There's a bunch of doozies.

Firestar has posed:
The verbal spats her shelved. Angelica stares at the library worker. The Xavier's sweatshirt is slid over her head and she tosses it onto a nearby table. Under it she has on a light tank top, a bodysuit under is obvious, but not the Firestar constume. She glares at the library worker a moment longer and turns to grab Tabitha. Her right arm goes around Tabitha's waist and the left slides from hip to shoulder,"If we encounter any of the crazy woman's crew, you'll have to do the shooting." she tells her and then the rise from the floor and she flies down into the darkness,"Note to self, I need to start carrying some sort of low light glasses."

True to her word. The spatting and arguing are shut off. She knows something that she hasn't shared, but tells Tabitha,"The crazy woman from the manor, she wanted to harvest blood. For someone's sustenance."

Havok has posed:
Havok shakes his head glaring at Tabitha. "You really need to learn when to shut the hell up. You know jack shit about Sinister, and what he is, or what he's done to the Summers family. So again, if you don't have a clue about what you're speaking about keep you're damned mouth shut. The offense was not to a hypothetical child that was genetically engineered but you basically calling Lorna a whore." He shrugs. "But you do you kid, like I said it's bed time for you, and I'm telling you, keep mouthing off to your elders and those who out rank you like that, and someone will end up spanking you until youre black and friggin blue." He does glance around and starts moving forward to find Lorna.

Polaris has posed:
It's a long dark descent down the staircase, and while the ceiling is not too low, it's not the best way to travel into darkness. It's a bit cramped really. Either way, there is enough light to not crash into walls if one doesn't move too quickly or make any sudden moves. At the bottom of the stairs is a large cell or two which hold the prisoners..Who no longer look like they're having fun. They look pretty scared, and the real library staff are locked up in that cell as well...

An old crystal chandelier swings slowly from the ceiling, casting eerie flickering lights across the walls. Once the heroes are on the bottom. steps, the four fake staff lock the door behind them blocking the only way out and they quickly shed their human disguises, revealing four vicious robo dogs, bigger than the ones they fought before.

Tied to a wooden pillar stands a semi conscious Lorna, with another familiar green haired villainess hanging over her, dressed in similar attire, this is Magnetrix. And standing next to Polaris, one can clearly see that they are not the same person. She laughs, stroking Lorna's chin. "Congratulations, I didn't expect you three to get very far with all the infighting, you make a poor team..Oh well. I think my master will be pleased to feast on this fake, and when she's dead I'll take her place.." she licks her lips, "Or maybe I'll snack on her a bit first..Robodogs..Get them!"

With a snap of her fingers the four robodogs leap towards the three heroes with deadly sharp teeth and claws!

Boom-Boom has posed:
Tabitha thankfully doesn't need hands to create or direct her plasma. So riding shotgun on the Firestar express is very much possible. Not like they have far to float down in any staircase.

As for the evil twin's boss Tabby ponders on the way down. "So it's probably not Sinister pulling Magnetrix's strings. Last I SAW him was like Egypt if I remember. But like they probably do have some mojo when it comes to splicing DNA. Magnecia would have been a better name since she does have ice powers. I bet it's not vampires either if sustenance is a thing. They'd be doing it the old fashioned way and just dropping human bodies. Gotta be more than food." she ponders.

The slut shaming from Havok just gets an eyeroll as the pair of pyrokinetic women touch down. "You wanna cover the exit Firestar?" she asks the redhead before looking back to Magterix and the women she thinks but totally isn't a fake.

"Look no one is gonna buy that you're the real thing. The ice powers kind of give it away. Your master, whoever the crap he is, he's probably not quite thinking things through completely anyway. If he wants mutants for food? Shit there's gotta be less elaborate ways to do it." she points out as Robodogs leap.

The funny thing about open mouths with fangs is they make great access points for telekinetically direct orbs of very potent and volatile plasma to get inside the outer shells.

BOOM!

Firestar has posed:
Once they land, Angelica does settle in to protect the exit, make sure there is an extraction point. Hearing the woman's voice, Angelica looks back. One hand is extended up the exit to cook anything that isn't Alex coming down there.

The other hand moves to aim at green haired wanna be. Her eyes widen at the words,"Tabitha, if she's going to snack on her, assume she is a vampire. Yes I've seen vampires, yes they are real, don't take this lightly. She could very well be real."

Havok has posed:
Havok laughs and shakes his head. "Oh so now you believe me huh? But when I told you this bitch wasn't Lorna the Last time you refused to believe me, but what the hell do I know hmm?" He grumbles his fists snapping forward. "And you, I told you a while ago You ain't getting Lorna, and you ain't getting me, time you move on, and you let my girl come back. Maybe if you do this you might just make it the hell out!" He looks back briefly. "She's not a vampire, that much I'm sure of, her master though that may be a whole horse of a different color." He grumbles letting loose some plasma blasting some robo mutts, his hands and arms parted to cover more area and take out multiple robo mutts.

Polaris has posed:
Magnetrix snorts at the comments, "My dear, I have no desire to...Eat these mutants, I am only interested in their blood..Starting with this one." she brushes Lorna's hair away from her face, baring undeniable vampire fangs and laughs, "Silly girl, I am a telekinetic, but it is so easy to fool you superheroes with your fancy powers. And now that I'm a vampire as well, I am twice as powerful as before..You cannot stop me!"

She narrows her eyes as a blast is aimed at her and lifts up a palm, creating a TK shield to absorb the blast. "Fools.."she mutters. Two robodogs rush at Havok, one gets blasted to the side, down but not quite out, the other dodges, attempting to pin him to the ground.

A couple more robodogs come down the stairs although Firestar blasts through two of them, sending their crumpled bodies over the edge, crashing to the ground. Two more leap towards Firestar, going in for a pincher attack, dodging her first blast.

Boom Boom blasts through one robodog and it no longer moves although another opens its mouth, blasting a laser beam from its mouth at her.

Boom-Boom has posed:
"Dude, that stopped being a thing the second she used Icepowers. We're still at hybrid offspring test tube baby before you start being possessive and slut shaming again." she points out.

Magnetrix admitting vampirism anywhere is a relif. Visibly as she sort of sighs, mid fight. They at least have an idea of what will drop a vampire. "Yeah we know, the only one you want in your mouth is Havok." she jokes. "At least have some taste. At least vampirism isn't sexually transmissible. Like Lycanthropy." Boomski points out, her pointed ears wiggling against her blonde hair.

She might have had some direct experience.

The first robodog drops, but the second one sends a laser at her. It's met by a condensing sphere of plasma focused and bright to give time to leap and dodge and send that bomb back at the roboting minion.

Firestar has posed:
The hand protecting from the hallway makes a shield. It appears to be flame, but the microwaves are far hotter than a campfire. She takes a step back to not get slagged my melting robodogs.

She rises from the floor and her hand pointed at the wanna be Lorna vampire gets a narrow, laser narrow, blast right at her chest. This blast won't disperse like a bomb, but sear at the shield. She isn't messing around. She is intent to killing this one as the last two she encountered survived her.

Polaris has posed:
A lot is going on and it just makes the captives scream all the more for fear of their lives. Fortunately the heroes are on top of things, making quick work of the robodogs. Magnetrix snarls as they fall around her, flicking out her sharp nails and starting to cut into Lorna's neck. The trickling blood distracts her and makes her nostrils flare and she licks her lips in hunger, about to take a sip.

Thats when Firestar aims a directed blast at her shield and in her current distraction, her shield starts to falter. "What?! How dare you!" she flings several of the flaming robodogs towards the prison bars, which poses a new threat for the prisoners. Unfortunately under the strain of multitasking, her tk shield is lowered briefly, long enough for Havok to swoop in and grab Lorna, spiriting her to safety and leaving Magnetrix open to attack if only briefly.

Boom-Boom has posed:
And that attack opening is taken the second Tabby see's it. Magnetrix getting a large number of dense baseball sized orbs of plasma spiraling at her rapidly.

Like a bunch of miniature suns all aimed at the green haired Vampire. Wanna bet if we knock her ass out she drops a glamor and doesn't really look a thing like Lorna?" she posits and chuckles as she gets extra mean.

Especially with enough punch that she could easily put holes through things like Mindless Ones if she wanted to. And all coming from a few angles like an Anime Missile Swarm.

Firestar has posed:
Seeing the things flung at the cell, Angelica turns her beams at them. She can't cover the exit and engage them directly. Mindful where Tabby, Alex, and Lorna are, she cuts into the robo things with a maser blast, mindful over hitting those inside the cage,"Get down!" she shouts at the prisoners.

Polaris has posed:
The beauty about being a vampire is that you're nigh well immortal, capable of dying only by direct sunlight or decapitation..Still, it hurts, and a lot. She screams in agony as the blasts hit her lightly armoured body, blasting a few holes through her before she manages to put up her shields again, barely. Struggling, staggering back a few paces but still alive, she manages to pull out a blinding flash bomb from her belt, hurling it towards Tabitha to try and cover her escape.

Meanwhile, Firestar makes quick work of the still smouldering robodogs about to set the prisoners on fire. They nod and step out of the way of her next blast which easily melts some of the bars, blasting a big enough ho,e to free the prisoners who seem shaken but alive.

And when that blinding flash bomb clears, Magnetrix is gone..

Boom-Boom has posed:
The hits look nasty and Boom-Boom is grinning as they leave Magnetrix a mess and retaliating with flung wreckage of Robodogs, and a flashbang.

Tabby's had more than enough experience with those she can blink and clench her eyes enough to protect them and keep herself not going blind.

"Gah, get your own damn gimmicks!" she yells as the spots in her eyes fade but Vampire speed lets Magnetrix get away, even as beat up as the woman is.

With her gone though. That just leaves hostages to free. "Stupid ass... everyone okay? We can get you out in a sec!" blowing locks open more than easy and quick enough with no one trying to stop the Heroes.

Firestar has posed:
Once the vampire is gone, Angelica looks back up the hall, making sure nothing is waiting on them. Just for good measure, she sends a blast of /hot/ steam up the way. Anyone there gets a painful, painful warning shot that indicates they should get out.

Once they are out, Angelica looks at all the people and up again,"There has to be a way out of here other than up through here, otherwise this will take a while."

Polaris has posed:
The prisoners stumble out, half stunned, half shaking as they thank their saviours. Lorna and Alex seem to have already left in the aftermath but the exit through the door at the top of the stairs is no longer locked and in fact has been blasted open.

At the very least, all the prisoners seem well enough to walk out, although library basement has seen better days and will probably be closed for a while for repairs.