2003/Beyond the Rubble

Beyond the Rubble
Date of Scene:	14 August 2017
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Hawkeye (Bishop), Jessica Jones, Gambit

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Iron Fist has posed:
Night in Hell's Kicthen. Again. It's not long after the events at the 43rd street brownstone that saw Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, Kate Bishp, and Luke Cage go up against a swarm of Hand ninjas. Tonight, that brownstone stands more dilapidated than ever. It's been cleared out of its residents, drug paraphenalia has been confiscated by the cops, and ribbons of police tape crisscross the damaged property.

In the basement, Iron Fist has one foot kick up against the wall behind him, leaning casually as he studies the rubble-covered entrance to a tunnel of some kind that's been dug out of a far corner. He wears the same civilian clothes he did the other night, with a yellow mask covering the top half of his face.

He's called the others here to see about punching through into the tunnel. After all, the Hand bombed it out for a reason. It's bound to lead somewhere important, though he's split 50/50 as to whether or not the Hand will even still be there. Impatient, he kicks off the wall and starts to pace the room.

Luke Cage has posed:
"You coulda' just bought the building. Then you'd own whatever's goin' on down here." Cage's words lead the way as he comes into the room as well. He's got his hoodie on and his hood isn't up because this is more of a social call or something. He doesn't particularly seem to be worried about any bad dudes showing up but he's pretty much sure that he can slap the hell out of them if they do decide to make themselves known.

Luke jus gives a nod towards Yellow Mask as he immediately starts to head for the rubble corner. "Should we wait for everyone or should I just start punching now?" Just a question. Not one of impatience. Because there's a certain television show he'd like to be watching on right now. Nope. Not have anything to do with that at all. In the least.

Luke is already cracking those knuckles of his though because he's pretty sure he's the one that's going to have to do the heavy lifting and heavy hitting.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
    Hawkeye turns on the light clipped to her costume, it illuminates the dust-filled hallway for the others while she changes her glasses-vision to low-light. "Looks like it'll be a tight squeeze." she says, drawing a broadsword from her quiver but keeps the bow in her other hand. "Ready."

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica had gone home that night with a rather nasty cut, she'd refused to go to the hospital and treated it herself. Tonight, she'd decided to return to this site with more help. A call had been placed to a guy she knows, a mutant, she trusted him to help fight off a horde of 'god damn sword wielding nerds in pajamas' (her words she used on the phone to him).

Now Jess had gone to meet up with him and was headed toward the site once more, happier that the cops had abandoned it already. Jess wasn't a big fan of cops...

"Its probably a milk run tonight, now that all the major work is done." Jessica said to Remy as they walked toward the place and she ripped the yellow police tape down.

"But if more assholes show up, I'll just be happy to have you here. Right?" She asked, glancing to Gambit again before moving for the front entrance to the busted-up building that has a giant Luke-Cage-Shaped hole in its side.

Gambit has posed:
Remy steps in line behind Jessica with a hand balled into a fist he lifts it to his mouth and yawns slightly as he steps over the torn tape and follows behind the P.I. with his ruby eyes looking this way and that. Hell's Kitchen does deserve its reputation.

"Oh, so y'all's don' call me in fo' de big stuff, but fo clean up." Remy teases as he steps in and spots Kate, giving her a kind nod and a few blinks, then to Luke and Danny.

"Sup." The cajun says, his hands moving into the pockets of his pants with a cheeky smile to the group. "So what's de plan?"

Iron Fist has posed:
Iron Fist quits his pacing and smiles when Luke enters the room. "What? And needlessly tie myself up with whatever the hell we're going to find tonight? No thanks. I'm not a Stark." Then, as the size of the cleanup job is considered by both of them, he shrugs. "Might as well get to it."

Danny turns from the rubble as the rest of the group assembles. "Jess, Kate. Good to see you," he tells the two women. Then, as his gaze falls on Remy, his friendly smile falters. "Who's this?" he asks, unconsciously puffing out his chest.

Luke Cage has posed:
"Stark." Cage actually rolls his eyes at that moment when that name is mentioned. He's got a bit of an issue with rich white guys that may or may not be down for the cause. He hasn't met the man personally. But still. Rumors.

"Fall back for a second." Luke looks off at the others as they arrive and gives a nod towards everybody. "New blood." Either he's telling that to Danny or just greeting Gambit. Maybe a bit of both. But then he's turning his attention to the rubble and letting those unbreakable fists get to work.

Cage Smash.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate nods to the Immortal Iron Fist as he greets her. "Nice to see you." A glance to Luke. "Cage." She gives Jessica a concerned smile. "Doing better? Next time, well, I'm pretty used to stitching up things. Something to think about." Remy she doesn't know and so she frowns, looking him over through her sunglasses. "Plan? You'll have to ask the fearless leader." she advises Gambit, and jerks her thumb in Danny's direction.

"No tail?" Hawkeye wonders to Jessica. "I'd rather us not have to fight our way out again if we don't have to."

"Stark?" she asks. "I'm... hey, I'm interning for him and his assistant."

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica entered the room with the others were and she just looked around at them while Remy greeted them. "Cage and Danny love tight squeezes. Why do you think they hang out together all the time?" Jess said in response to Hawkeye's words and then shook her head. "Place was clear outside, no tails as of yet."

A big friendly smile was given to Luke and Danny before she motioned to her guest.

"This is GAmbit." She said, her half-gloved left hand laid out flat aimed in his direction. "He's a... demolitions expert. I figured it would help us not have to do...."

Jessica's hand then motioned toward Luke and his pummeling fists. "That approach."

Gambit has posed:
"Soun's like you got more t' worry about dan me." Remy says teasingly with a nod towards Luke and then a subsequent nod from Kate to Danny.

At Jessica's mention of his expertise, Remy steps up, laces his fingers and then pops them with his palms outwards. His hand then taps Luke on the tricep. "Ah got dis big guy." And then smirking back to the crew. "Y'all work out ya issues while Ah make us a pat' to de great Emerald City." He says, lowering his fingers down to the rocks and charging them and causing them to start poping.

He's working slowly, so as to not cause another cave in and to do it smoothly.

Iron Fist has posed:
Iron Fist levels his gaze at Hawkeye for a moment and asks, "Really?" He brings a hand to pinch the bridge of his nose. "Sorry, I've just -- " trailing off, he considers how he might be about to share too much about his personal life, and then what would be the point of the mask? He loves the mask! "Never mind."

The immortal weapon mutters a "Nice to meet you," to Remy as the Cajun walks past him and toward the rubble. "Careful," he says. "It was an explosion that caused all this."

Luke Cage has posed:
Cage is of the raising the eyebrow variety but not because he's feeling intimidated or anything. Oh no! It's fine! His super strength can be useful later! No, seriously, he's down with this because there's just no reason for him to exert all that energy if this person can handle the business.

Cage steps back and out of the way, still taking a glance around at everyone as if checking to see how impressed they are. Or not. Whatever. He's not worried about it.

"Don't kill us. I got DVR to watch." That's his more personable and teasing greeting towards the Gambit as he crosses his arms to allow the demolitions expert the room to do what he do! "If he kills us, I'm blamin' all of you when we get to Heaven."

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
    "Yeah." Kate agrees with Luke. "I didn't ask anyone to watch my dog. So if you kill us, a poor puppy will starve. Or he may jump out the window and find some pizza. Still, I'd like to stay alive for another evening."

She checks her gear again, just habit. "Still ready."

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica takes a backseat to the action as Gambit moves forward to do his thing. She actually was a big fan of how that mutation power worked, it was 'pretty' and... Jessica hated that word.

"Stop your worrying, he's an expert. I'm eighty percent sure of his skills and precision. Maybe seventy five." Jessica spoke while reaching into her messenger bag to pull out a silvery flask. "Remind me to hang out with your dog sometime." She said to Kate's word about the Pizza-loving dog while she opene dher flask and took a drink from it.

A moment later and she was offering it over to the others if anyone else wanted a drink while Gambit did his hard-labour that got him brought in on this job.

Gambit has posed:
"Ah know, Ah know, an' trus' me. Ah got plans too." Remy says with a playful wink over his shoulder. To who, is up for debate, but the cajun quickly turns his head and continues to work on the rubble, exploding each rock slowly with his mutation making quick work of the collapsed tunnel.

He stands back and gives a polite nod with a gesture of his hands extending into the impromptu hallway he's recreated. "Tell me your dog's name is Seymour."

Iron Fist has posed:
When the flask is offered to him, Iron Fist lifts a hand to decline the drink. A glance his way will reveal a slowly-spreading smile as Gambit efficiently clears away the rubble to reveal a neat and tidy entrance to the dark tunnel beyond. That's all the martial artist seems to care about now.

"Nice work, Gambit," he tells the new guy, stepping forward to peer into the dark. He can't see a thing at the moment, though, so he turns back to Kate.

"Think you can light this is up for us, Hawkeye?" The childish grin is still there as he asks. Then, his attention moves to the others in the room. "Ready?" he wonders.

Luke Cage has posed:
"Ready for what? It's a hole in the wall." Luke doesn't seem to be worried about the flask right now either. He's too busy being impressed with the demolition skills but he still has to get his banter in. There's a quota of banter that must be met when he's hanging around the Immortal Iron Fist.

"Punchin' it woulda' been more fun. But good stuff, man." Cage seems to think this cat is alright. He pulls his hood up in preparation of the possible shenanigans that may be afoot in this dark tunnel of doom. But he's certainly looking like he's ready.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
    Kate takes the offered flask in turn and has a sip. She gasps and has a coughing fit as she hands it back. "What IS that stuff? Rocket fuel? Engine degreaser?" and she shudders.

"No, his name is 'Lucky'. That to Gambit.

"The noise will bring people." Again with the Ms. Obvious routine. "So, in and out quick?" she asks, looking to Danny. He seems to be, so she moves to the new tunnel, light piercing the darkness and her sword ready to pierce whatever else might come along.

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica watched Gambit's work with appreciation while only one of her group took the offered flask and she looked to Kate and gave her a grin at her response. "I don't know. There was no label on the bottle when I found it in the alley last night." She said, taking it back, lifting it up to sniff it before she took another drink of it herself. "I think its moonshine of some kind."

When the pathway was cleared, Jess stood up and glanced around all the boys and their beefy bodies to look into the hallway. "This is some Indiana Jones shit." Jessica said... reflecting on her conversation with her recently re-discovered long lost relative, oh god, is that strange.

Another sip of the flask was taken and she then offered it to Gambit, she was ready for whatever was to come out of this. "Goonies never say die. Right?"

Gambit has posed:
Gambit takes the offered flask and takes a pull from it without so much as a hiccup and he smirks, passing it back to the Jones woman. "It ain't dat bad Arrow-girlie." He doesn't really know their names. Jessica went over them on the ride out, but he was never one to pay attention during a briefing.

"So what is it y'all are lookin' for down 'ere? An' Ah don' remember Indy searching under a brown stone for anything. Wait... are we gonna run inta Nazi's?" He says, passing the flask back to Jess.

Iron Fist has posed:
"Probably not Nazis," Iron Fist tells Gambit, and maybe Luke, too. The comment is thrown over his shoulder to the group as a whole before he steps into the tunnel, making sure to stick close to Kate. While his senses are heightened, it's always nice to be able to see as well.

Goonies never do say die, he thinks as he takes his initial steps into the dark. Goonies. That would be a good name for this team. He'd have to bring that up if they all survive the night.

The tunnel, as he continues, is filled with hot, stale air. It seems to be roughly-made, though not so much that it might collapse. Sounds seem to echo loudly here, too, so he does his best to move as silently as possible.

Luke Cage has posed:
Cage is after the Immortal Iron Fist because the view from back here is pretty sweet. Okay, well, wait... not that view. Okay, maybe that view! Nevermind! Bromance aside, Cage is always the back up in these situations of whatever the hell. He never really knows what's going on when they leave the streets. It's all new territory for him and he's making sure to keep close to Fist but not too close. Because he's probably going to have to hit something.

"Don't even." is said to Fist during their walking. He must know what he's thinking. Or something. He can tell there's a movie reference in that head over there because maybe he thought it too!

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Hawkeye switches her glasses over to thermal. "Still don't see anything interesting. If there were people still alive we'd hear them moaning or calling for help, right?" She feels with her sword before her, just in case there's something invisible and neither very warm nor hot.
"I'm feeling better. Maybe that wasn't moonshine, Jess... maybe it was courage?"

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica watched Danny go to slip into the dark hallway. "The fact that you used 'probably' to describe whether or not there's any Nazis in here, I find concerning." She told him in a dry and drab tone of voice before watching Luke follow the Immortan Iron Fist into the hallway (Did Luke just look at Danny's butt?).

Jessica shakes her head then and looks back to Kate and gives the other woman a flat smile. "I like the way you think, Bowstring." She told her, nodding her head and letting her go first.

Jessica looked back at Gambit and took her flask back and then made her way into the dark hallway as well. "I'm trying to think of a good Scooby Doo reference now, but nothins coming to mind... Back me up on this." She said to anyone and everyone.

Gambit has posed:
Remy extends his hand and passes the flask back. Slowly he starts to move in line, the back of the group with... So many butts. Thank god for low light vision. The thief smirks to himself but falls silent and starts saving his quips for the Nazi's or commies they're bound to find under the streets of New York City.

Gambit keeps his hands empty, not drawing forth any of his weapons, but keeping himself limber, loose and open to suggestions of sounds and movements.

Iron Fist has posed:
"I'm not," Iron Fist flatly tells Luke as he slinks along through the tunnel. Scooby Doo, though. That's another good one. "But, guys, just in case things get bad, I want to let you know that I think we make a really good-looking team."

It's the last thing he says for a while, focusing instead on leading the group down the tunnel. With the help of Hawkeye's illumination, he winds his way along the tunnel's path. Eventually, there are sounds up ahead, and a bit more light. Moving closer, he spots an opening. "Up ahead," he whispers loud enough for at least a few people to hear. Maybe everyone, since it's more of a whisper-shout.

The opening leads to a drop into a section of sewer tunnel, which Iron Fist plops down into silently. Reaching up to the smaller tunnel, he aims to help Hawkeye down next.

Luke Cage has posed:
"A team? We look like a buncha' fools crawlin' through a tunnel in desperate need of some AC. I don't smell no teen spirit, man." Cage is just trying to make things pretty clear on where he stands when it comes to all this. He's just here to help. That's it. Not make too many friends.

"Team? What're we, five?" And then Cage drops down after whoever's in front of him so that he can be ready to make some actual moves. He also makes sure to drop softly. He doesn't need to be breaking the sewer system or something. He's kind of heavy.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
"I have to be Velma, don't I?" Kate asks. "Jinkies!" But she quietens also, straining her ears to listen for dragons or gobins or whatever lurks in dungeons.

Hawkeye doesn't complain when Danny helps her down, her hands ARE full, after all. "Watch where you put your hands, buddy." does come out of her mouth, though. "Anything, yet?"

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica drops down around the same time that Luke does, after walking through the whole way drinking from her flask here and there... she was getting herself nice and sloshed.

Kate's response to the help from Danny got a little grin from her and she looked back to see where Gambit was. "See? I told you this would be fun. 'They all float down here!'." Jessica was trying to get as many references to stuff she grew up watching in as she could, so it would seem.

The flask was stuffed back into her messenger bag and she pulled her cell phone out to check her messages. "No signal... Thanks Rannd."

Gambit has posed:
Remy stay awfully quiet as this does remind him of the OTHER team he's a part of. He does have his cheshire grin on his lips as he comes to the drop into the sewer and frowns slightly. "This stinks." The man says, tugging at the length of his duster knowing it's going to get ruined and he frowns about it. Damn.

Remy jumps down and his feet splash in the 'water' with a frown before he shrugs and keeps walking. Ah like the good old days. "Were you tryin'na t' update yo facebook Jess?" He teases while filing away the name Rand, knowing that sounds familiar but doesn't press.

Iron Fist has posed:
The Iron Fist smirks at Hawkeye and says, "Don't worry," then watches as the rest of the very adult un-team hops out of the tunnel and into the sewer. When Jessica uses his real name, she gets a hard, stern look. "Keep your eyes open."

Glancing both ways, the masked man sees nothing but sewer in both directions. He seems to be playing through some things in his head for a moment, before he cocks it to one side. "Do you hear that?"

Not a moment later, two glowing orbs appear at one end of the tunnel. They approach quickly, whizzing through the air. "Duck!" Iron Fist shouts, as it becomes apparent that these are arrows. On fire. And they're followed by several more.

Luke Cage has posed:
Cage doesn't particularly hear anything. He doesn't need to hear anything because there's a fire arrow headed in his direction. He doesn't particularly think before his movements take him ahead so that he can take the full brunt of the arrow... and then the next one... and the next one. He's the damn tank and therefore he's going to allow these arrows to smack all into him and proceed with the burnination of his hoodie... and then his shirt. There's no wincing or anything, but there is the fact that he's got to push and flick and swipe off the parts of his hoodie and t-shirt that didn't get burned up. By flaming arrows.

"... Not a word." is flung in the direction of anybody that might be wanting to make a comment about his new shirtless state. Unflinching, Cage continues to aim his body as a shield so that the others can dodge fire arrows du jour.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
"What's wrong? My butt's not good enough for you to grab?" Hawkeye asks. "Hmm? Two signals! Hell!" She presses herself against the wall opposite the Iron Fist and puts away her sword in a smooth movement. An arrow is drawn a moment later.

"Flare. Don't look for a second." and she fires the arrow on a straight trajectory, meaing for it to impact (and ignite) near where the arrows came from. She expects there will be a bright red light illunimating down range soon.

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica looked over at Gambit and she gave him a sly grin and a single shake of her head. "This isn't my phone. Its my sister's. I'm gonna download a bunch of porn on it though and then give it back to her."

Jess didn't notice the 'look' that Danny gave her about using his real name, she knew he was in his costume, but she didn't really take those things very seriously and subsequently had a hard time respecting the wishes of those who did.

When the projectiles started flying, Jessica leaned behind an outcropping of old sewer stones and she narrowed her eyes and glanced around at her team mates. "Why do I not carry guns?" She asked no on in particular.

Jessica watched Luke do what Luke's do and take the bront of the assault and then rip his shirt off, causing her to nod her head slowly. "Captain Kirk over here." She commented, even though he specifically asked them not too... of course she didn't listen though!

Gambit has posed:
Remy's in the back of the pack and doesn't know there's anything even coming towards them until Danny screams his command and the crew parts ways like the red sea. All except Cage. Who's suddenly on fire.

There's not a word, but rather a sound, Remy pushes his tongue against his front teeth and growls a tiger like approval of Cage's muscles teasingly. Remy steps up behind Luke and comments. "Impenetrable skin? Nice. C'mon, let's mop dese guys up."

Iron Fist has posed:
Danny dips somewhere behind Luke, because that seems like a safe bet given what he's seen the man handle. Sure enough, the arrows strike his friend both accurately and harmlessly, unless you count the hoodie and the shirt. "Whoo! That's hot," he says, stepping to the side once that particular flurry is done with. No new shots are fired thanks to blinding flare Hawkeye sent their way, but the Iron Fist isn't going to wait around.

Glancing to Gambit, the martial artist nods and says, "Good idea," then sloshes off down the sewer tunnel in the direction of what are still probably not Nazis. In fact, as it quickly becomes apparent, they are Hand ninjas, this time clad in red.

Luke Cage has posed:
"I prefer Star Wars." That's said to Jessica to give her something else to burn him with instead of Star Trek. "Next Generation was good though." He's being way too serious about his fandoms right now but they are precious and he has to let people know. So they have the right ammo.

"Hey!" That's Luke yelling at the Hand has he heads off after the others. "Who's gonna' buy me a new shirt!" Luke clenches some fists up. "And hoodie!" Yeah, he's willing to to knock out Red Hand Ninjas /after/ they give up some cash to buy him some new gear.

Red Hand... Red Handed Ninjas.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Hawkeye's flashlight illuminates shirtless-Luke a moment as she dodges and looses the flare-arrow, then she loads another - just a broadhead. Before she fires she whistles low, possibly at Luke's revealed physique. She didn't _say_ anything, just like he asked.

"We'll go shopping after this is over, Luke. Promise."

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica saw Gambit and Iron Fist going for gold and then she glanced back down to her phone and listened to the response Luke got from Kate for showing off his shirt which made her grind whilst staring at said phone.

"Works every time, doesn't it, Skywalker." Jess said as the two of them took off as well.

AFter everyone headed for the Ninjas, Jessica eventually followed along while still messing with that smart phone she swiped from her sister. "Leave some for me, would ya?" She called ahead to them as they were much more eager to go get into another fight than the P.I. seemed to be.

Gambit has posed:
"No promises J. J." Remy says over his shoulder as he stays behind Luke, letting Danny have the closest position behind Luke.

Remy stays quiet still and watches the brawl unfold. Kate unleashing her arrows like a madwoman and the Immortal Iron Fist following behind Power Man. This fight should be really fun. But then

"Were dose ninjas?" Remy asks with a sense of worry creeping into his tone.

Iron Fist has posed:
One of the ninjas drops from Hawkeye's broadhead, then the Iron Fist catches up to the group and starts swinging punches. They connect with jaws and guts and ribs, but soon the immortal weapon is surrounded and takes a few blows himself.

From behind, another pair of assailants slip out of a tunnel similar to the one the heroes dropped from. They run past the brawl and head straight for the others. There's enough for everyone. As most here know, these ninjas like to swarm.