4394/Red X: Showdown at the Bank

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Red X: Showdown at the Bank
Date of Scene: 06 May 2018
Location: Unknown
Synopsis: Summary needed
Cast of Characters: Robin (Wayne), Raijin




Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     First National Bank of Metropolis, after hours seems more eerie than any other time. The old 1900's architecture lends itself to a very Art Deco feel, tellers and the like have long since been closed for business. A large vault door is closed, keeping people's valuables and the bank's money

  Alarms and the like have been rendered useless, and a black gloves hand reaches up to the vault door handle, pulling it aside and uncovering the drawers inside. "Guess he didn't show." Red X exclaims, pulling out a small laser cutter, aiming at the lock and beginning to cut at the door. Soon, X opens the door, sliding out the drawer and opening the box. Inside was a small bag, X palmed the bag.

  Boots lightly clap on the floor, and the small bag is placed on a granite countertop.

Raijin has posed:
Rayner was chatting with his team for last minute stuff.....before he realized he needed to get to the bank to face down Red X. all of the preparation was going into this moment...he had the DNA cylinder...he had extra equipment to use his powers more creatively. He was preapred.....or at least he thought he was. Nevertheless, in an instant almost, Rayner goes from the Tower to being in the vault at the bank where Red X happens to be, all in the nick of time.

He arrives coming to a stop with a bit of a slide, electricity and sparks arcing around him. "So...I take it your Red X. I'm Raijin...nice to meet you." he offers him a confident smile, only using that confidence to safeguard his inner nervousness...his inner thought process that knows he's going to take a beating...but if he can just tag him with the cylinder...they should be good to go.

He stands up straight and looks Red in the..mask, really. "Care to give us a more elaborate reason as to why you're doing all of this? Clearly you ahve a bone to pick. But -why-?" keep him distracted.....

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     The helmet Red X wears has a skull relief in it, the X carved in the forehead and an eye socket glows red, along with a small X on his chest. "I was about ready to give up on tonight." They respond, voice modulated and layered to a deep deep bass. "My reason? What makes you think I need one? I see a team built on malaise, calling themselves heroes. I'm just proving everyone else wrong."

  Red X holds up another disc, and a remote. "Impress me, and you get the disc. Disappoint me, and the devices are activated, taking Metropolis back to the Victorian Era." He slips the two into a pocket on his combat harness. Then he stands ready for the fight.

Raijin has posed:
Rayner looks right into the mask of Red X then as he narrows his eyes, entering a combat stance as he watches him. "Normally, sane people have one." then he hears the actual reason. "Curious as to why you have a prejudice against heroes. I wonder if you just couldn't cut it as one and targeted us instead."

The conditions are set, and Rayner nods. "That's fair." he looks at him then before he takes a breath...and his feet seem to load up with electricity, before he moves forward, entering hand to hand combat!

His stance is Wing Chun. An extremely balanced and effective martial art for taking on those stronger and faster than you. He seems to be attempting to play it smart as he aims multiple strikes at vital areas of Red X's body!

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     X flips backwards, standing back up before he takes a hit, the armor absorbing the enhanced strength enough. Red X counters through some hits with a few of his own, aiming for the diaphragm.

  "What about you?" They ask, looking at the strikes coming from Rayner, dodging back and fourth. "What makes you think you deserve to be a hero? Powers? Skill? Or just a sense of superiority over everyone else in the world?"

  Red X attempts to use the razor sharp scallops on his gauntlets to rip at the torso of Raijin.

Raijin has posed:
Even as Red X flips backwards to evade Rayner's fast and powerful strikes, he does find purchase on one hit....but he notices that Red X's armor is able to absorb at least most of the impact, meaning he'll have to punch red -hard- if he really wants to damage him....but he doesn't want to kill him either. He needs to be careful. he blocks and parries Red X's strikes, but one of his kicks hits Rayner in the diaphragm, but his skin makes it difficult for Red to get the full purchase, lessening the damage just like his armor does against Rayner's strikes.

"I don't deserve to be a hero. Nobody deserves to be a hero. Nobody deserves to be nothing, either. I am what I am because I want to help people. For reasons Unknown I have my gift....but if one is to make anything, there's no reason as to why I shouldn't try to make right."

and with that, he engages red x again...only for the razor scallops to slice across his chest! it doesn't pierce, buti t still hurts like hell and it ruins his jacket,. eventually, he attempts to surprise Red X with a burst of electricity from his body in an omnidirectional manner to try and blast Red X back, but not strong enough to kill or even knock unconscious.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     With the electric wave comes a series of small explosions. The beams of the buildings structure are exposed now, along with multiple metal rods of rebar now sticking out through the air. "Electricity always takes the path of least resistance. You just gave electricity multiple easier paths than through air."

  X had been knocked out of the way, all the way over to the bank of tellers kiosks. The lights blown out, the dark of the night settles in the lobby, a short pop of pneumatics ring out before more silence. Red X wasn't where they landed anymore.

Raijin has posed:
Rayner sees it now and he looks out to Red X as he easily prepared for this moment...even though he was blasted backwards by the blast in what was surely a painful landing. With darkness setting in, Rayner breathes a small moment before he takes two sticks out of his pockets. Just two flares, and he lights them both with the smallest spark, setting them aside so that the area is lit. Eyes forward....only to realize that red X was gone. as he pulled out the Cylinder and released it's contents. He just needed to tag him with it now....assuming that Red X was still there at all. "....yeah, I figured you had something to contradict that. I'm impressed. Well done. Though unfortunately...I'm stills standing."

He looks around then, his head on a swivel as he attempted to find out where Red X was....hopefully he can find him. otherwise? in the aspect of Stealth, Rayner is at a severe disadvantage.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Red X hadn't expected flares, Nice and old fashioned, points for creativity. There was no sound from Red X it seems. A sword is drawn as silently as a calm morning into X's left hand. An X Shuriken in his right hand. He releases the shuriken in a wide arching pattern, only attempting to distract. After that, another shuriken is let loose, aimed directly to the canister. He hopes to render the thing inoperable.

Raijin has posed:
Rayner remains silent, even to the point where his breathing has slowed down. With a deep breath, he can hear the shuriken spinning through the air, and with a simple roll to the side, he manages to save the DNA cannister...only for one of the shuriken to bounce off his cheek. If he wasn't durable, that would have been -extremely- bad.

But he keeps his eyes peeled, before placing his hands on one of the walls, channeling Electricity along it to try and lure Red X out of hiding to come back for a more up close and personal confrontation. "Come on...where are you..." he whispers to himself.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     From the far corner, a familiar voice can be heard. "Rainman! Where are you?!" It was Colette's voice.

  The electricity ran through the wall, but the exposed superstructure gave resistance to the electricity, Red X was seemingly out of reach.

Raijin has posed:
Rayner suddenly jerked his head to the side when he heard 'Colette's' Voice. "Letty?" he asks again, attempting to follow the sound as he gets a move on. Worst case scenario, he solves the problem by dropping the building down...but he needs Red X alive. Plus you know...he's a superhero, so...killing is heavily frowned upon. With that in mind, he follows the sound but he keeps his composure. If Colette was really there, she'd find him eventually.

He does crack his neck though, going to make his own light as sparks move about his hand in the form of electricity. "Where are you..." seems he won't be so easily fazed.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     As Rayner made his way to the origin of the voice, the darkness is abated by the glow resonating from Rayner himself. "Rainman! I'm over here!" The sound seemingly coming from the vault.

  The vault door was slightly opened. "She interfered with my game. And was punished." Red X calls out, the voice seemingly coming from all sides.

Raijin has posed:
Rayner looks around then as he hears Colette's voice coming from the vault...and he makes his way over there, though not so close that he could be pushed in. Merely firing a bolt of electricity into the open vault door JUST to see if he was there.

"Yeah...well, everyone's being punished for your unhealthy obsession with us." Though he does feel himself slipping as he looks for both where this voice was coming from, and where Red X is. "She can't be here...she's still at the Tower, right where I left her. Unless you can teleport to and back within less than three seconds, I doubt she's here."

He kneels down and starts to work on the cannister some more, trying to shut himself off to Red X's taunts.

"Stay focused, stay focused..." he reassures himself.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Colette was indeed not there. "Of course she is, this game is for you, not her." Seconds pass, and Red X jumped down, ancient sword in hand, and stabbing Rayner's leg. Immediately after, X jumps back into the shadows. "Will you bleed for me, like she will?"

Raijin has posed:
Rayner's smart, and he's not easily tricked. Though when Red X comes down on Rayner with that sword of unknown materials, it easily pierces Rayner through the leg and he groans loudly, holding onto his leg as he's pinned for a moment, until Red X leaps right back into the shadows. "Fuck..." he says under his breath.

"I dunno...you gonna face me like a man, or will you hide like a bitch?" he taunts right back for him.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Red X answers back. "If your goal is to fight, then let's fight. If it's to spray me with tracker, to cheat the game, than you'll get a proper response."

  Red X appears out from the shadows, sword in hand. "Which shall you choose?"

Raijin has posed:
Rayner then stands up, bad leg and all, and he plants the DNA cannister down in the corner. looking Red X down like a hawk. "My choice is made." he enters a fighting stance then, ready to fight.

Though he wonders if the sword is that Atlantean artifact that was stolen...in which case, he needs to be extra careful. Though what he does do, is out of his leg pockets, he pulls out some chain and wraps them around his arms, with some still dangling off. with a breath, they start to crackle with subtle electricity. "Bring it on."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     "Very well." Red replies, raising his sword to head level.

  Moments after the two agree on terms, the masked assassin lunges for Rayner, multiple swipes at the young hero ring out, he is testing Rayner, seeing how quickly he will block the attacks.

Raijin has posed:
Rayner watches Red X's every movement, and when it's time for combat? Rayner lunges at Red X in return! Multiple swings of the swords with multiple different results. He manages to dodge a swing literally a hair away, performing a blackflip in the process. He keeps his weak leg in the back and his hands in front. He manages to block another swing of the sword by using the chains around his arm defensively, though the blade manages to cut his cheek.

now it's time for retaliation. He uses the chains uniquely, managing to catch Red X's blade to trap it...and with that, he seems to attempt to power kick Red X right in the chest with a surprising use of his Super Speed combined with his Super Strength, using it to his advantage.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     The sword clangs over and over, managing to slice the cheek of Rayner.

  With his sword chained, Red X keeps his cool, though he was hit by the kick, knocking him back, and slipping his sword from being chained.

  Red X kicks back, attacking with a flurry of kicks from all sides, using the walls of the vault area as springboards.

Raijin has posed:
Rayner connects with that hellacious kick! Though Red X's armor either absorbed it or Red X is hella tough. Either way, Rayner takes two kicks right to the face, but his durability helps him out a great deal in this instance, not taking any solid damage from physical attacks like that. Eventually, he swings the chains and imbues lightning to channel through them, attempting to blast Red X back across the room!

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Red X takes the blast of lightning to his chest, luckily, his suit was adopted to this specific power set. He scrapes against the floor, cutting his gauntlet scallops against the concrete floor.

  A quick flourish of his sword, he places the weapon onto his back. "You know how powerline workers don't get electrocuted when they work on the line?" He says, a bit of a grunt of pain and an eerie laugh after.

  The pain helps Red X do what he's going to do next, the assassin takes three x-shaped shuriken in each hand, throwing them shockingly close to Rayner's head and body, it's a distracting move. While the last shuriken were being thrown, Red X was traveling on the wall, running with the swiftness of a master ninja. He leapt in the air, throwing his sword to pierce the ground in front of Rayner.

Raijin has posed:
Rayner watches as Red X seems to recuperate himself. "Well aware." shit, his powers of electricity won't do too much against that. He'll have to use his strenght...but he doesn't want to kill him either. Le sigh. Okay...here we go. Shuriken are thrown!

Rayner takes his hands and he experiences the throws in slow motion, catching them both in his hands while Red X throws a sword in front of him, he lets it pierce the ground, though his eyes are on Red X before his eyes widen.

Was that was he was going for?! His eyes on the DNA cannister now as he throws the stars back with great precision, aiming for Red X's arm and leg.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian's shuriken dig into his gauntlet and boot, enough to pierce his own flesh underneath. The pain seems to not matter for Red X though as he keeps his focus on Rayner. The assassin makes for the lightning man's chest and shoulders. He's pinning down Rayner, enough so that the knockout gas in his gauntlet will not cause Rayner to be injured falling.

  A concentrated spray shoots at Rayner's face, the aerosol smells slightly sweet, but the effects are fast acting, Rayner may have a minute before he is rendered unconscious. "You were better than I anticipated." Red X comments, slipping out the disc. "Have a souvenir." He mentions, pulling out the shuriken and placing that with the disc on Rayner's chest. With that done, Red X stands, limping a bit as he does so. He reaches for something on his belt, a hypo. X holds the injector, regarding both the device and Rayner. Once Rayner is completely out, he will use it on the young hero.

Raijin has posed:
Rayner notes that he didn't hit any major arteries on Red X, buth e did make him hurt with those shuriken. With that in mind, when he seems to keep coming anyways, Rayner already has a bad knee, so when Red X lands on him to pin him down? he succeeds! and that spray is shot in Rayners face when he grunted, causing all of it to be breathed in. He kicks off Red X and with pure willpower, he tries to stay awake as best he can, but his body was failing him. He was actually starting to limp towards Red X with the disk and shuriken in hand, reaching a moment...

Before he falls straight down. THe disk and shuriken both unharmed. But Rayner was completely unconscious. Surprisingly, it took a minute and a half, longer than expected, for it to truly take him down from an act of will alone.

But as it stands? Red X has won.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Red X jabs the hypo into Rayner's hip. The medicines starting to work their magic. The black clad ninja approaches his bounty, a small sack of marbles. He notes to himself to inform Alfred that First National Of Metropolis is ready for its renovations. As Red X heads for the doors, he passes a bronze plaque, declaring when the Bank was first opened, underneath the dedication, a Wayne Enterprises 'W' logo can be seen.