8629/There's Trouble At The Mill!

There's Trouble At The Mill!
Date of Scene:	02 August 2019
Location:	Breakstone, Westchester County and Medical Labs - X-men Base
Synopsis:	Damian calls Kitty, bleeding out after a demon attack. Illyana teleports him to the X-men medical bay, where Josh heals him.
Cast of Characters:	Robin (Wayne), Shadowcat, Magik, Elixir

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Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian runs durring the day through trees looking behind him as he holds his side to stop the bleeding from the last deep claw mark. He stops for a moment to lean on a tree, reaching into his pocket he pulls out a phone though he hated to ask for help from anyone. As he dials Kitty, he stops looking around as a shadow seems to move around him, and he hears a voice.. "Your sins still chase you Damian... The people you killed want your flesh." and he spins looking though doesn't see where it came from.

He takes off running again to try to put some distance as the shadows start to solidify around him into people. All the people look like they have stab wounds, broken necks, or foam at the mouth as they move to attack him. Phone in hand he holds it with one hand, and defends against the dead looking person with a short knife he had behind the utility belt as it was enough to chop through the fingers in the hand that was clawing at him.

From behind though the numbers are too much as he takes another scratch from the back.. He falls to the ground whispering into the phone.. "Breakstone.. come..... quick" as he starts to fade the blood-loss being to much to keep going. The voice speaks from above him, "Oh your not done yet Damian... Not by a long shot" as he approaches as he appears out of whisps of smoke the thing looking more Beats then man on all fours with long serpent like hair.

The man stops though looking at the area Damian fell, it just happened to be a spot where the ground was blessed for baptisms so the mysterious figure found itself blocked. Yelling in anger, which all could be heard over the phone only as jarbled noise as its presence seemed to disturb the call at this point, before it disapears all the other ghosts disapearing as well leaving the boy laying on the ground.

Shadowcat has posed:
The deep blue 2026 Toyota Avalon tore out of Xavier's School, almost taking out the gate had it been a second slower in opening. The car sped through upstate New York roads, taking curves at speeds that at times made it questionable whether the tires would manage their grip on the road.

A pair of dog tags swung from the mirror, bearing a cat in a ninja outfit, catching the light as they swung about. Kitty Pryde did not notice them though. She only had eyes for the road and her phone, which was tracking the location of the call she received earlier.

"If this is a trap..." she murmurs to Lockheed, the purple dragon up on his hind legs to stand upright, front feet on the dash as he peers out the window.

Before long the car pulls up at the nearest spot on the road, Kitty's phone indicating the signal is off to the side. She takes the car offroad for as far as she can but soon trees block her way.

The young woman grabs Lockheed and jumps out of the car, thumbing the switch on his color to turn on his Image Inducer. A holographic image of a large raven covers up the purple extra-terrestrial dragon's body. "Go scout," she tells him, breaking into a run immediately, only glancing at her phone for corrections in direction. Lockheed flies on ahead, winding in and out of the trees searching for Damian.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian is not hard to find as he is in the open of several trees just laying there bleeding not too far away as he couldn't get that far. All the presence of the others would be gone, but the smell of sulfer, and rotted meat would still be around the area though strongest around where the being showed up before. The fingers he cut off of whatever it was that showed up has turned into a pile of maggots that might seem out of place, though they are just normal creatures.

Damian as said is not fair away, and he is clutching his phone with a death grip not hanging up as he never really had a chance to so there were many ways of tracking his location, though he was still he seemed to be mumbling something in his state.. Con, tine.... it may seem untranslatable as it is just a whisper something he must of had on his mind before he fell that he was trying to get out even now in this state. His state would be not good, as large claw like scraps would be all over him. It seemed like a bunch of crazy people were trying to tear him apart barehanded having issues with the armor which was why he was still alive, but the numbers trying were too much for even it to stop.

Shadowcat has posed:
The raven-like scout spots Damian first, circling around him and then wheeling over to fly back in the direction he came. The apparent bird reappears shortly, flying a larger sweep around the area before finally coming over to land near to Damian.

Soon thereafter, the sound of Kitty's feet carrying her at a near-sprint can be heard. Kitty breaks through some bushes, getting a few scrapes and the sleeves of her blouse torn. She's wearing slacks and a blouse that look appropriate for wearing into an office, though with boots that were carefully chosen for the mix of being stylish, yet practical for unexpected moments just like this.

Kitty slides to a halt on her knees beside Damian, not caring what is happening to her nice work clothes. "Damian!" she says softly, looking around the area for any sign of what might have done this. The scent wrinkles her nose. She doesn't know exactly what it is, but has enough experience, even her own time in Limbo, to know whatever it is, it isn't right.

"Damian, can you hear me?" she asks him, checking his vitals. Barring him turning out to be hale health, Kitty pulls out her phone and dials it quickly. Her encryption kicks in when calling certain numbers, and Illyana's is one of them. When the other end picks up, Kitty says into the phone, "I've got an injured friend. Something bad attacked him. Can you teleport us to medical facilities?" she asks.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian doesn't move of course, as he is mainly out for now though when she says his name the phone in his hand cracks a little as his grip. He was still fighting though his body had just gave out on him from the conflict before though he comes back for just a moment.. "Blackbird... Is that you.. why are you so quiet." he says not moving his eyes closed as he lays there. His voice kicks up, "Run.. you can't fight them nothing works they just keep coming back... Run.. Ru" and out he goes again. They are gone of course after their pray escaped to this holy ground, but he didn't know that.

This time he drops the phone as he passes out to just lay there, as he it wasn't really his injuries that were getting him at this point it was just the lack of blood, as one can only guess how long he has been trying to fight these things before coming here. From the claw marks, and the damage done he must of tried to fight them off a few times before he decided to run, as he was always stubbern.

Magik has posed:
Illyana was laid out on Betsy's couch, with her legs dangling over the back of the cushions and her head hanging off the side watching television. White-blonde hair brushing against the plush carpet with a bag of pretzels as if she is some kind of normal person.

Just so everyone is firmly aware that's not at all the case... four demons are in the kitchen doing the laundry, cleaning the stove, menial tasks that a Queen of Limbo has no time for, but still needs done, while she engages in recreational late afternoon television watching.

When her phone chirps, her head cranes a little further to eye it laying on the coffee table behind/front of her and she reaches out for it to thumb on the encryption after sucking small bits of salts from her fingers, "Da." She murmurs into it, pressed up against the side of her face, brow furrowed at some idiot woman chasing after some idioter boy on the program. you are stupid she rolls her eyes at it, not real, "Where?" Once she's a location, Magik rolls backwards with a clatter and bounces to her feet.

Almost before she's hung up a bright flash nearby reveals the Russian. She's wearing boy shorts and a tanktop, she's barefoot, and her hair is pinned back with plastic butterfly clips. This is backup.

At least until she senses demons...

AND SHE DOES sense the demons. "Interesting." Casually kneeling down near Damian, beside Kitty, "I would say hold on, but this is not necessary." She didn't even really need to come herself, she only did so because it was Kitty, and it doesn't take long for her to teleport them all to the X-Men medical after summoning up a step disc.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde picks up Robin's phone and pockets it as she says, "Just hang on, going to get you to somewhere we can take care of you." She doesn't have time to call anyone else, for Magik is that quick. And a good friend.

Kitty looks up and over to her. She's wearing nice slacks and a blouse as if having been at work recently, though the sleeves are torn and the knees dirty. "Thank you for coming, Magik," Kitty says, lapsing into code names out of habit now there are people not from the team about while powers are being used.

Kitty reaches down, taking Robin's hand. "We're going to transport to a medical bay now," she tells Robin, even as the stepping disc is forming around them.

In a matter of moments, they have passed from the woods of Breakstone, into a futuristic looking medical bay. Kitty picks up Robin, carrying him to one of the examination tables. "Gah. Heavy... with... your armor," she grunts as she carries the teen over there. "Magik, can you alert the team to be on alert status? Just in case whatever did it manages to follow?" Kitty pulls out her phone again and sends a message to Josh's phone: "Bad injury in medical bay. Can you help?" She begins applying direct pressure to the wounds then and doing basic first aid.

Elixir has posed:
Josh gets the text message and frowns.

"Can I use your office, Dr. Weber?" Josh asks the head of Pediatrics at Bellevue. "Emergency."

"Of course, Josh, go right ahead," the much older man says. Josh steps into the doctor's office and texts Kitty back.

<In Pediatrics at Bellevue. Someone coming to get me?>

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian is out, laying there quietly even as Illyana peers at him he doesn't seem to notice. A few thinks she would notice, he isn't possesed whatever it is was a lot more intrested in hurting him then taking him over, though a quick look at his sheer determination to remain himself would explain that away. Second whatever made the scrapes on him wasn't demons itself, but seemed to be his minions he was using maybe it was some kind of weakening him up thing, but who knows with their sort. Either way she would see the 'mark' that it had on him a solid grip of something old, something strong that would not normally awaken.

As Kitty lays him on the table again to turn with instructions the boys eyes flick open, and he draws another blade from inside the belt. He swings it up towards Illyana of course only hurting himself more, and even if he could get away with it he would stop before cutting anyone. His tone serious, "Where am I.. Where is Blackbird... What have you done." his voice doesn't show any fear even in this situation, only anger and pain as he looks at Illyana deciding what to do in this situation. As he moves he bleeds more, and falters for a moment not able to hold the blade up though he is giving it his best try. He knew he was going to pass back out soon, and had to do something if she was in danger because of him he would never forgive himself. Though his eyelids get heavy again.. His eyes are shutting the power he forced out leaving him again. "If you... harmed.... I will kill yo.." and then like the jack in the box of injured out he goes again dropping the knife.

Magik has posed:
Illyana helped carry Damian, grabbed his legs or something, and assist getting him up on the examination table.

She's no time for his nonsense swinging knives at her and her armor appears in a hiss, deflecting the blow off with so little concern for the possibly it wouldn't that she doesn't even flinch, "Boy... I am here helping you. If you do that again, situation will change. You will not like." But she does take a step away, click on her bare feet, and start to walk casually out with padding bare feet against the futuristic plating. Her sense of urgency is in desperate need of reevaluation, but she can literally move great distances in the blink of an eye, so why does need to walk around quickly?

Besides, he'll live.

"Had worse than this when I am ten. If he cries, I lose respect for vigilantes."

plack plack. Kitty calls after her about Josh... Illyana wrinkles her nose, rubs at it with the tip of her finger, and turns around. "Fine, but I reserve right to accidentally shove him into medical equipment." Her palm comes up, another disc appears, and Illyana is standing in the office of Dr. Weber.

"Come with me if you want red, yellow, and green vigilante to live." She don't have time for Josh's startling! They do immediately go to the medical lab. "You are lucky small person with mean face and lots of armor is injured or I am having taken you to LImbo first."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty gives Illyana a grateful look, if showing a brief bit of surprise as she senses the tension in regards to the healer. As Ilyanna goes to retrieve Josh, Kitty moves around to where the current Boy Wonder can see her better. "Robin it's ok. You're safe. You're in my team's medical bay. We're sending for a healer," she tells him.

She will try to reach out and gently hold his hand with the knife, and get him to relinquish it. There's a glance at his utility belt but she decides against trying to relieve him of his other weapons, mainly for knowing some of the Robins, and Batman, have their belts trapped against such tampering.

"What came after you?" she asks Robin as she resumes pressing bandages to his wounds. "Wow I think you lost a lot of blood," she says softly. "Is whatever attacked you, able to track you here?" Kitty asks.

She pulls out her phone and sends off a message to alert the rest of the team, just to be safe.

Elixir has posed:
Josh scowls and tenses when Illyana appears. Without a word he takes a step closer for the teleport.

"Try it," Josh says in reply to Illyana, far more tersely than he intended to let out. He glares at her for a moment then turns and walks to the occupied bed.

"He's not dead, he'll be fine," Josh says evenly without looking up at Kitty, all business. "Take his weapons in case he freaks out when he wakes up."

Josh puts a hand on the nearest exposed skin he can find on Damian. His hand is surrounded by a black aura at first . Josh scowls, makes a fist and lets out a slow breath. The black fades away. A moment later a dim golden aura appears instead, that quickly grows to usual luminescence.

The golden aura sweeps across Damian like a wave liquid warmth that goes right through. Bones rejoin and fractures heal, tissues and severed blood vessels grow back toward each other and rejoin. Skin knits over wounds until they vanish completely. There is no pain, just a sensation of being /well/. The light fades.

"He'll be fine," Josh says. He grips the edge of the table, looking a bit pale and sweaty.

"He'll wake up any time unless there's magic involved. Anyone else hurt?" Josh asks Kitty.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian speeks weakly, "I... I am sorry." he lays perfectly still just letting his body rest as he lays there just bearly awake. "No.. It needs time. I can't stay I have to get out of here before it comes back." he pauses falling to silence laying there quietly letting those who can heal do what they can. Finally he continues after a pause, "I hurt it.. Dropped a car on the thing." he says coughing a little bit in a half laugh, "Guess it took it personaly." and then is silent again for a bit to catch his breath.

He doesn't cry, or yell, or anything as if his dang body would do what he told it he would be walking out of here right now, he was trained to take at least this pain without complaining. He says in a low voice, "Look for the shadows... they will show soon after... Sammael is what it called itself." finally falling to silence for real this time to think about his past encounters with them. He had beat them, crippled them, but they still kept coming. He eventually tried to dismember them, but after fading away they would just come back later.

There was no end of them in his mind, but he could not express the details of them as he had never ran into something like this before. He only knew it was a Demon because it could be nothing else at this point. He is quiet as the aura sweeps over him his eyes closed so he only hears Josh not see him or what he is doing, as he lays there.

Magik has posed:
Illyana glances around, feels she's done enough, and walks towards the exit of the medical bay. "If he is being followed, I will stop them." There is no try, all that jazz. Demons are sort of her speciality anyways. The soulsword appears in her hand, along with her armor, and she stands vigil like a quiet, white haired guardian. Her phone out, thumbing through instagram pictures, liking a few from Betsy's page, another from someone she randomly followed because they post Russian foods, and a third because cats. "Katherine, lo-" She was about to show her a picture of a cat all splayed out with a rubber ball bouncing of its belly, but sees the hustle going on inside the medical bay. "I will show you later."

Illyana fixes Josh in a stare, then ducks back around the wall, mumbling quietly to herself, "Hurt by words. You fix that healer man? You got solution for hurting feelings? Nyet, you do not... hate you.." Scowling, more aggressively liking photos on her phone. DAMN PHOTOS.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty doesn't try to remove Robin's weapons other than the one knife, but is ready to phase Robin should he lash out, which would mean she is the only one at risk at least. "We have a lot of protection for now, though still we can't keep you here long if they are likely to come back," Kitty says.

She holds Robin's arms gently while the healing takes place. "There, so much better now," she tells Robin, looking down at his healed wounds. Kitty smiles over to Josh. "Thank you, Elixir. He's a friend and ally," she tells Josh. "Just Robin. He called me for help, was in this condition when I arrived," she says. Kitty reaches over to gives Josh's arm a squeeze. "Owe you one," she says with a smile.

Kitty looks to Illyana and says, "Thank you Magik. This meant a lot." She glances between Josh and Illyana at their exchange. She'll have to find out about that later. For now, Kitty moves back to Robin's side. "Is there somewhere safe we can get you to?" she asks. "Magik is extremely knowledgeable about demons, and can teleport most places," she explains.

Elixir has posed:
"No problem, it's what I'm here for. Good luck with the rest of whatever's happening," Josh says. "Just call if you need me."

Josh walks over to the sink to give his hands a good clean and then heads, hands in his pockets.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Maybe quicker then normal the boy's eyes open again, he has that angry determined look back on his face. When he actually sits up he checks his mask first to make sure it is in place first as it is the most important thing, "What.... what happened? For a moment I saw him waiting beconing me down." he shakes his head at that image, perhaps it was just a dream as he didn't smell the thing around them, nor see any shadows. He seemes surprised though after a moment lifting his arms, checking his sides to only see tore armor, where they had raked at him.

He looks at Kitty with surprise, "Blackbird, what happend.. How am I.." he shakes his head looking at her, "This should take months at least that must be one heck of a doctor." after a moment he holds up a hand, "Actually nevermind.. Thank you." he adds some what akwardly as he still was not used to thanking people. He pushes himself off the table with a wobble, "And could you tell your friend... I am sorry, I know she was only trying to help now." he shakes his head actually getting to think about the situation. "I need to go... could we not tell Bats about this?" he offers glancing up over at her.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty moves over to the bed. She takes a seat on it beside Robin once he has set up, not worried about the blood smearing her slacks when she does. "You called me but passed out before you could say much," she tells Robin. "I could hear something else with you, but it was all distorted. Traced your phone and found you. Got assistance bringing you to some private medical facilities," she tells him.

She gives a small grin to Robin. "Yeah, know some pretty good medical people," she confirms to him. As he asks her not to tell Batman, Kitty pauses. "I know you like to go it alone, Robin. But this seems like something you could use help on. You've got a whole team willing to help you," she tells him. "First thing though is to get you somewhere safe if they are going to keep coming. I don't want to risk personnel here. /Is/ there somewhere safe they can't find you? Magik should be able to get you there."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian nods, "It is a demon, or at least that is what I call it." he glances around a bit not actually sure where he is right now that she mentioned it. "Was going after some girl, and I fought it off so it decided to come after me. I don't know how but it brings back the dead, all of them." he shakes his head at that clinching a fist, and releasing it. "I killed it I know I did I saw it stop moving, but then it came back." he shakes his head at that not sure what that ment himself.

He looks at her with a serious look, "Holy ground works, but I need to find Constantine he is the answer. The thing is afraid of him I think." he shrugs again this was out of his wheelhouse, but continues. "This is beyond anything I have come across in Gotham, standard combat manuvers don't end them they just keep coming back. I can't involve others.... Heck I was desperate to involve you into this." and sighs thinking about it. "How about your friend teleports me back to New York. I heard he has a place there, though I could be wrong." he looks around a bit, "Then I would suggest you stay away from me... If you were to be hurt because of my ignorance." he makes a fist in honest anger though he doesn't finish the statement. She was a part of their team and he would not be the one responsible for hurting her in some unwinnable battle.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty pulls Robin's phone out of her pocket. She passes it back to him. "Think you might have cracked it. See if it works, if it doesn't I'll give you a new one," she tells Robin. Yes, she keeps those sitting around for just such a need. Because. But then, Barbara does too probably so it might not be a big surprise.

"We can get you to a church. I can stay with you for a bit, and I might be able to get you space at a magical sanctuary until you can get in touch with, Constantine you said? Not familiar with him. But if you need help getting in touch, I'll do it," she tells him. "What about Red Robin or one of the others, too?" she asks. "Better not to face this alone."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian takes his phone back, and looks at it with a sigh. "This is the third one this week." looking at the cracked phone as he was horrible at keeping these darn things. He nods to the church, though glances at her when she says staying with him, or calling the Robins. He puts a hand on her shoulder, and sighs. "They couldn't do anything about it, no-one can and that is why I am not asking for help. I know you are strong I have seen your training, but not for this.. This is beyond what you can do or even what I can do." he shakes his head looking down at the floor removing his hand from her shoulder. "It took me a while to realize, but there is wisdom in realizing when something is out of your control."

He takes a few steps away not walking anywhere just getting his land legs back, "Do not worry, when I find this guy I will ask him for help properly.. I guess he is a League member though he is rather hard to find information on." he turns to look at her, "Besides, we both know anything Red Robin can do I can do better." and gives her a little smile.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty gives a shake of her head and grins. "When I first met you, you were so nice and polite and shy," she chides him. Though he was practicing his acting skills at the time. "Alright, though if you go and get yourself killed Bats will probably do the same to me," she says.

Kitty pulls out her phone and types on it for a little bit. Not the first time she's just had to hand her phone over to someone on short notice. She's got an app for that. It offloads everything of hers and purges the copies, then resets the phone. "Here. My own design," she says of the phone. "It'll walk you through the operation, very user friendly. Fully secure on this end at least." She passes the phone over, which is ready to accept a passcode and biometric readings from him. "Alright, but if you hit problems, call. There are some weapons meant for dealing with such beings, and there is access to them potentially," she says. Not looking at where Magik waits. Kitty goes over and grabs some clothing from a drawer, stuffs it in a bag. "Change of clothes," she says, passing it over. Simple sweats and a top. "Come on, lets get you to New York," she says, wanting to get Robin away before there is any chance what attacked him might show up at the school above.