Intentions Are Good

[green-shield.livejournal.com]

But, actual thought process on this one? Classically bad.

She's running on a least a strained ankle, if not broken one. Her left arm - recently healed, took another hit which made her shot against Daddy Phillip go wild. Her back hurt from the burn Crystal gave her - and she was pretty sure she wasn't in Idaho which meant the Outsiders were likely going to have a bitch of a time finding her and getting her out of this trap.

Breathlessly, she ducks behind some rocks. She won't win this one. This is a given. She's going to take out as many of Corrine's dysfunctional family as she could before they sent her to God though.

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[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

There's a thunderous crash as a path clears through the trees a few hundred yards to the left somewhere. Blackness sinks down into the ground, ripping out niche and hiding place like claws in the earth, dislocating the whole lot into a crushed compaction over more area.

"Tara, dear!" Phillip's voice cuts pleasantly pissed off through the area. There's a distinctly painful gaping hole taking time to heal through his left arm. He hopes she's thinking about that right now. Reminders are good things to have. "I'm going to nail your carcass to my wall!"

He pauses in his efforts, breathing angrily. "Louis." He points off in another direction. "That way. And don't you dare let her double back on you."

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

Louis is limping, half-heartedly, off in that direction. His leg is healing with each step, but that doesn't excuse the fact he nearly broke it making it down the incline after the bitch.

"Or you could catch her your damn self," he mumbles contemptuously under his breath. Although he did have to say he's still irate about the shot 'Green Shield' gave him through the thigh in the last fight. He starts teleporting through the area in short spans, trailing out lines of power to search to each side of him as he goes.

[green-shield.livejournal.com]

She's not the stealthiest, but she works with some of the best. She starts to move for Phillip's flank.

[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

Crystal is livid. She's been treated like a stupid little kid for her whole life. She was about to solve the damn problem and go off into the sunset. Now?

"OH, that's IT. You're DEAD!"

Who is dead really doesn't matter.

[blind-will.livejournal.com]

Travis aims a blast at Crystal, aiming mostly by her voice. He's not positive why he can barely sense her... and is even less sure why his blast washes over some sort of field without doing much.
Focusing, he turns up the intensity as much as he can, intent on rescuing Tara, whatever it takes.

[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

That's because she does read some stuff. There's a bright yellow shield in front of her she's thinking about. She keeps another one on Tara after she falls to the ground - one that's airtight. She just has to wait him out and then they'll be all sad.

"Oh, you! Didn't YOU LEAVE?!" she sneers as a torrent of energy lashes out at the Lantern.

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

The grenades come within ten feet of Louis and simply go flying back in the direction they came. The rock is similarly deflected.

Several more also come raining down over Trevor and Tara. Just because it's funny.

[sand-hawkins.livejournal.com]

The rock smacks across Sand's temple. And hurts like a mo...

...the explosions go off and send him flying.

Unconscious? No, but he's definitely dazed...

[hotshot1280.livejournal.com]

You gotta be kidding me.

A wave of Trevor's arms sends the napalm, virtual liquid fire at this point, arcing around himself, Tara, and Sand. The first rock gets through at Sand, and another few bounce off of Tara's shield, and a final one clips Trevor in the arm.

As he stumbles back Trevor pulls the fire he originally intended for Louis in front of himself and Tara as a shield.

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

Caleb's attack is handled with a simple dispell. Impressive show for a starting offense, Phillip supposes. He's grinning about the amulet, though. He had a feeling it would get tried, but Caleb will find playing that card to be highly unsatisfying.

"Don't you think you're smart?" Caleb will feel something like a hand gripping into his chest and slamming him face-first at the ground. "I took your advice, by the way, about brushing up on my necromancy."

[caleb-z.livejournal.com]

The sensation is akin to involuntarily throwing himself on the ground, as though his limbs acted of their own volition.

His balance is thrown off by the blow to his head, but he has enough sense to roll as soon as he is able to. The second it’s within his power Caleb is already returning to his feet. Phillip’s maneuver has cost him several precious seconds, and he needs to get back onto the offensive.

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

Phillip allows him the time to stand. This new development is too much fun to simply end quick yet. "What do you think so far?"

A hand stretches out to shove Caleb a few paces to the right, still intent on keeping him on his feet.

[sand-hawkins.livejournal.com]

Sand looks up and surveys the situation. Trevor's holding his own against Louis, but Crystal's got Trevor on the ropes and Phillip...man, Caleb's being rocked.

In most situations...localized earthquake, a shift in the plates, could give everyone breathing room.

Now? A wirepoon gun, sleeping gas...and a team that's counting on you.

If it's good enough for Wes, it's good enough for him.

He surveys...Crystal has Travis gooped in yellow all over the place...Phillip's going af...

Click.

"OUTSIDERS! MANEUVER ANGELUS FIVE!"

[onthecase.livejournal.com]

Chimp attempts to draw their enemies' attention away from what Maneuver Angelus Five really is, and swings in from a tree behind Crystal to kick her in the back of the head.

[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

Her scream is one of incoherant rage. The Earth shakes and ground water from a massive underground river shoots striaght into the air around her creating a shield.

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

Phillip wasn't expecting to see the Green Lantern here at all, but he can improvise. He's got to respect the fact at least that it's completely one-on-one here.

He sends a black wave at the GL, meant to disorient and scramble nerves momentarily... feeling his opponent out.

[blind-will.livejournal.com]

Travis takes the wave full on, staggering back and slamming into the field, though his radar sense relocates everything he needs. Letting himself fall to one knee while he recovers his balance, chains come flying at Philip from all directions, emitting from the inside of the dome.
In his current state, they're certainly not the strongest, but they might buy him some time, and serve as distraction while they try to snag the spellcaster's wrists and ankles.

*You seem surprised. Expecting someone else?*

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

Phillip struggles a bit, eventually teleporting away from the restraints. He dodges one to attempt dispelling another. It isn't the easiest task, but deflection works better.

"My daughter? The elemental, maybe?" He calls lightning down, twice. "It doesn't matter what I order I go through you in, though."

[caleb-z.livejournal.com]

The water surrounding Crystal doesn't even slow him down as he teleports to inside the bubble, just behind her. Both arms wrap around her, taking her into a firm rear choke.

"You've been a pain to find," he growls, and squeezes just a little bit tighter.

[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

The wind howls around him and stick lash at his back and strike him from head to foot while she struggles. The instant he speaks dirt and rocks fly into his mouth to try to choke him.

[caleb-z.livejournal.com]

He manages to keep his hold, even tightening it at times, until the rocks fly into his mouth, and off of his teeth. He wasn't expecting this, and it catches him off guard. He instinctively lets go, and brings his hands to his chest as he first spits out the rocks and dirt, then gasps for breath.

[sand-hawkins.livejournal.com]

The blast nails Sand hard and sends him flying backwards.

Then he notices something...the impact didn't hurt. In fact, he feels all tingly.

Then he notices that he can feel the faultlines again.

Whatever that mojo was...or whatever it was meant to be...it gave him his powers back.

And right in front of him was the abomination that corrupted a minor and raped the sister of one of his teammates.

The ground begins to rumble in a way everyone can feel.

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

Louis turns from Trevor, catching sight of the disturbance now; bitty sister's chewtoy. The one who roughed him up the last time.

Louis keeps off the ground to avoid the tremble, back-pedaling a few times in teleportation to put space between them. Offensively, he sends a wave of energy flying at Sand.

[blind-will.livejournal.com]

Travis' dome goes down seconds after Philip's soul disappears. For the magically inclined, it really does seem to disappear.
Seconds after though, all of Travis effects, the flicker to his eyes, the body cast, everything, goes out, as his eyes close, and his breath rasps. There's the occasional flicker of green around a jutting bone, or a bit where skeleton is exposed, as the ring's auto systems do what they can, but the flickers are fainter and fewer between.
The smile is still there though. Tara is safe, Corrine is safe, and Philip is gone. Something might finally stay fixed.

[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

No, nothing stays fixed. Left to the periphery of the fight when Caleb got in that shot, Crystal Strong regained consciousness within her altered body. Oh, she knows she can't get away. She, Louis, the whole family just got owned on their own scheme. But she can do one last thing to make sure Tara and her friends pay for years of humiliation.

She struggles to her feet as her hand glow yellow. "Merry Christmas, Travis..."