In San Francisco, things are torrential

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

Jesse Quick has sent out the APB.

But right now, Titans Tower is on fire in half a dozen places, and the torrential storm overhead isn't stopping the fires nearly enough. Lightning sizzles through the sky, and well over a dozen flying figures soar around the Tower, surveilling it and occasionally blasting it with something. Many more are on the ground and in the Tower itself - parts of the Tower explode periodically as the violence escalates.

The Tower is under siege, and the Titans are fighting a losing battle.

But things change, and Weather Wizard turns his head and sees:

Incoming!

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[-nightwing-.livejournal.com]

Do you talk to your mother with a mouth like that?

A blast of pepper spray to the eyes, and a right hook.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

The first just pisses her off - the second hurts, but she's still quite in it as she finally wrestles her way around to face him with an arm cocked back.

Die, you -

[-nightwing-.livejournal.com]

He grabs her arm and punches it sharply with an escrima stick in the small of the elbow, aiming to break it.

Been there, done that --

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

Her Xanshan physique is a lot more durable than a human one, but that still hurts like hell, and she snarls and grabs his head, clearly aiming for a headbutt.

[mari-grayson.livejournal.com]

No starbolts this time. Just a Tamaranian fist aimed at Fatality's shoulder, and a scream too incoherent to be Tamaranian, Romany, or English.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

She howls in pain as the punch digs into her shoulder blade. Badly.

She tries to spin around in midair to shake off the gnat on her back...

[mari-grayson.livejournal.com]

Nightstar's knee comes up to strike at Fatality's torso, and her hand grabs for Fatality's hair.

If hair-pulling won't work, she'll set the bitch's hair on fire.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

Her head snaps backwards painfully, and she reaches for the girl's neck.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

And they've drifted low enough that he can jump through the trees and land a jumping snap kick into Nightwing's back to give Fatality a little room to work.

He likes hitting people in the back.

[-nightwing-.livejournal.com]

Mar'i! Back off!

He stabs a charged, barbed taser wingding deep into the woman's shoulder, then leaps off her into the air once more - then grunts as Prometheus lands a boot to his back, landing heavily on the ground.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

He lands, catlike, a few feet away.

Huh. I'd been hoping for a rematch with your boss man. I guess you'll have to do.

He pulls out his neutronic bat, and idly shatters a boulder with it.

Hey, he ever talk about how bad I kicked his ass?

[-nightwing-.livejournal.com]

He rolls back up to his feet in a defensive stance, escrima sticks in hand. Ignoring the twinge of pain in his shoulder from that landing.

I hear you're a big fan of Stephen Hawking.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

His smile doesn't waver.

Batboy got clever that time, yeah. But it's not gonna work twice.

He taps his neural input.

There we go. Say, did he ever try to beat you to death? Because that's what this is going to be like.

And he rushes him.

[-nightwing-.livejournal.com]

The guy may be able to emulate Batman's style to the letter, but that just means he knows what's coming. And while he may not be Batman's level in skill, he's got the modifier of speed and gymnastic ability.

He feints to the left and goes for a leg sweep.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

He jumps before the leg sweep's even close and flips, a backhand lashing out across his opponent's jaw.

[-nightwing-.livejournal.com]

It glances off his jawbone, and he rolls with it, bringing a booted foot up to strike out at his knee.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

His other hand snaps down to guard against the kick, and as he lands he quickly lashes out with a knee into the solar plexus.

[mari-grayson.livejournal.com]

She can take a lot of punishment, more than her father can, but not as much as her mother, and the Xanshan is strong. She doesn't block the chokehold in time, but her legs still work ... sort of.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

I'm going to fry your kidneys for breakfast, whore -

[awesomelycosmic.livejournal.com]

"HEY! GUESS WHAT!!"

A beam of cosmic energy bursts towards Fatality, to form a ring around her neck and yank her away from Nightstar.

"That's really kind of gross!" Stargirl declares, rather unamused. Kidneys for breakfast? Um, EW.

[mari-grayson.livejournal.com]

X'hal has not forgotten me.

"Keep her away from the Tower!" Mar'i tries to yell, then coughs.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

She wrestles with the ring and starts blasting wildly behind her with the forcepike.

Stripling bitch!

[awesomelycosmic.livejournal.com]

Ruh-roh, Scooby!

"Man, you got a potty mouth-- ACK!" Stargirl does well to avoid the blasts, but. It's not making matters any easier.

She spins around, then swings the Cosmic Rod with plenty force, to fling Fatality away before Stargirl aims to starting blasting at her right back. Return fire! Hoo ha!

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

Speaking of return fire - Stargirl's attracting enemy attention now. Like the atomic blasts from below.

[awesomelycosmic.livejournal.com]

"Aw dag, yo."

Courtney spings her Cosmic Rod in one hand, before pointing it front of herself, forming up a temporary shield to keep herself from becoming radioactive dust.

"This is REALLY KIND OF UNFAIR!"

Totally outnumbered here.