mera rivals

tommy let out a huff in annoyance, mind racing. who was this guy??? sure, he could probably run away from the fight in super speed, but it was possible that they would just move onto somebody else. no, had to take them out. 

narrowly avoiding the sonic attack, he briefly put his hands on his hips. “ever hear of faster than sound?” the speedster zipped behind the android. “so. not a very big conversationist, i’m gathering.” he ran forward, attempting to land a punch on its jaw. 

the whirling mechanics of the androids face could be heard as it’s jaw dislocated in response to the punch. it’s mouth hung open now, slack and exposing the machinery inside. it’s arms were changing though, now turned into gun shaped blasters - fire blasting from each arm and to the sides of him, an attempt to trap him inside.

RJ knew these type of situations were what he was trained for — but he could tell that this wasn’t going to be easy. He notices that it stops, and he squints.

It was making a move again, so he swiftly dodges the blade that was aimed for his chest. He slides underneath it, and shoves the blade in his own hand onto the android to try and harm it. He jumps back, knife still in hand from when he pulled it out.

they were not meant to fail. the statistics of this encounter processed and fed to it’s counterparts – all on their own missions elsewhere, before going into it’s emergency shut down mode.

CORE DAMAGED. SYSTEMS BACK. PROCEEDING TO SELF DESTRUCT.

Remy turned around a bit too late, getting one of his hands caught in the icey blast from the android. He stumbled back a bit, clutching his hand to his side, cursing that his one way to use his power was now gone. He used his other hand to grab the closest thing in the alley, with ended up being some sort of trashcan lid. Taking a few seconds to charge it up while he walked backwards, he chucked the now-charged lid at the android’s head. At this point, they were a good distance away, and Remy took the pack of cards out of his pocket; ready to strike again.

while the android’s programming allowed it to anticipate some formidable resistance, it had not been able to predict the abilities of it’s current target. as the trashcan lid hurdled towards it, the ice blaster shot out again in it’s directly – blocking it from making direct contact, but as it exploded, the android did incur damage. wires and mechanics were exposed as a portion of the face was blown off.

ERR - ERROR, SYSTEM DAMAGED. END TARGET.

Hal looked on in horror as the android moved to take his appearance as well as his voice, just what the hell did this thing think it was going to do while wearing his face. He grunted taking a moment to look around and see all the innocent people who would get hurt by this attack.

He didn’t have to wait long when the gravitation field seemed to suspend them in the air until his eye widen as he seemed to face himself. He knew this was now or never to start fighting back. He didn’t waste any time using his ring turning into a green lantern, creating a force field with his ring to stop all the debris that was being spewed at him before moving to pick up a piece of broken concert and hurling it at the android.

“If you’re going to wear my face, it’s going to cost. No one hurts innocent people not when I’m around.”

the android continued to send everything back towards hal, it had noted that hal had changed his appearance - dressed in green? foreign material? it wasn’t sure - but while it was distracted by the readings it was taking, the creature found itself slammed with a large chunk of building material.

sliding back, it hissed and dropped to one knee, a part of its artificial disguise had been blown off and the horrific patterns of its appearance came to light. its inner-workings now on the outside as it covered half of a gaping wound over its face.

Miles was too shocked to even respond to his Spidey Sense. This… thing… took on his own form. “That’s not cool. You’re taller than me.” Was all he was able to get out before he was sent off his feet by the uppercut that the android connected. Miles crashed into a wall and yelped. As he got to his feet he shook himself off and dusted his hands. “That hurt.” The boy complained as he sprinted towards the android. “But try this, mines a little… shocking. Take a venom blast!” Miles threw his electrified fist towards the gut of the weird look-alike. 

the android tilted its head, looking down at itself and then over at him - slowly it morphed to the accurate height of its target, a soullessly cruel smile spread upon its lips. when it hit him, the android moved in closer, preparing to finish him off only to have the target sprint towards it. 

Rogue was completely oblivious to the android until she hears footsteps picking up behind her, just barely able to turn her head before she’s tackled to the ground. She can feel something sharp at the base of her neck, the realization that unlike the other beings she’s come into contact with on Meraviglia, this definitely wasn’t one of them. 

Each second passing feels like an eternity, and her fight or flight instincts kick in immediately. Rolling onto her back, gloved hands are holding back the blade, dark eyes taking in the face of her attacker. Boots then lift to kick away the midsection of the android, giving Anna Marie a free moment to slip off one of her gloves, securing a bare hand around the machine’s neck. Her power absorption hasn’t failed her yet, so here was hoping that she’d be able to fight fire with fire. 

“Let’s see how ya’ like a taste of yer own medicine!” 

PHYSICAL STRENGTH EXHIBITED. RESISTANCE TO DEBILITATION.

the android stumbles back as it’s kicked, but quickly regained its composure. it stood up straight, it’s arms up and ready to attack again.

SPEED UNDETERMINED. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

it makes to leap forward when anna-marie strikes again, her hand wraps around the android’s neck. it looks at the life form curiously, it’s head tilted to the side ever so slightly. her movement was strange, and the android calculated that something was meant to be happening. she was reaching for some kind of biology that didn’t exist within it. it feels NOTHING. 

mera was in the park when the android attacked her. it hit her hard in her lower spine and she gasped in sudden pain, falling to the ground and barely catching herself before her head hit the concrete. it held her down and all she could think was – not like this. not so far away from home. she could hear the running water of the fountain and she worked quickly, moving her fingers as much as she could to coax the water towards them.

something sharp touched the base of her neck and she clenched her fists – a small wave hitting the android hard on the side and forcing it off of her. mera stumbled to her feet, eyes wide, scanning the crowd of meraviglians and their children. she shouted.

“GET OUT OF THE WAY!” 

mera turned back to the android, fully recovered, and lifted her arms in front of her, fingers curled like she was raking them through sand – in one fast, fluid movement she pulled her arms towards her and then above her head. all the water from the fountain came with it, rushing up in a wave taller than the nearest buildings. she swiftly swung her arms back down, forcing the water down on the android with as much force as she could muster – and once it was submerged she held it there, hoping it would be enough to debilitate it – maybe even short-circuit it.

the target Y’MERA XEBELLA CHALLA was far too powerful and the android needed to reassess its advances. she was a danger and she needed to be taken down. advancing on her, the artificial being raised its arms, ready to shoot out a dart to drop her unconscious when she began to move.

pausing - a fatal mistake - the create began to tilt its head in seeming confusion - watching her wearily. in a moment; a flash, water began to flood and surge out of the fountain and began to rush towards the android.

“Blimey, some one didn’t skip leg day,” he observed, as the thing sprang right over his head and landed in front of him. “Also, you’re definitely after me – why?”

They clearly weren’t interested in conversation, and he shook his head before yelling as it tried to barbecue him again. 

“Excuse me?” he said, ducking behind a dumpster. “Hellfire is sort of more my signature move. Let’s see how clever you are, lovely–”

Calling on his magic, he summoned an illusion, and sent it running, waiting to see if the android would target it. 

the android gave chase - staying close to its target and.... TARGET LOST. the android needed to re-calibrate - to search.... scanning the area, it zoned in on a dumpster, moving with a stealth-like grace. but before it could catch up to him, it stopped - tilting its head in an almost mirror-like confusion when its target seemed to run past.

beginning to give chase, its scans began to alert it that what it was chasing was not the target. turning, it slowly moved back towards the dumpster, arms raised it began to spout out funnels of fire, melting the the metal of the dumpster and closing in on its target.

time slowing down, tommy whipped his head around party only milliseconds before the hand touched him. confused, rather than alarmed, he only had time to open his mouth before everything EXPLODED around him.

or at least that’s what it felt like.

déjà vu. what was it with people and shooting out weird pulses at him? a yelp of pain escaped from his throat, tears forming from the searing pain that passed through his entire being. able to to little besides battle the urge to pass out, he felt his hands whip out in super speed, punching anything he came in contact with. “what the hell?” he bit out, stumbling to his feet and clutching his head. “uncalled for!”

the android had not expected to be hit - nor had it expected the target to be so fast. the moment TOMMY SHEPHERD got out of its grasp, the mechanical being scanned him - taking in his biological components and uploading them to the hivemind.

ALIEN. FOREIGN. ORIGIN: UNKNOWN.

mary jane was watching the chaos begin to unfold around her when one of the insane bots locked eyes with her. god it locked eyes with her. she felt a lump build in her throat, one that hadn’t been in there in quite sometime. she was reminded of the scared little girl she’d become under her father’s thumb the pure fear running through her veins was causing her to shake like a leaf. 

as much as she beileved she was someone important, mary jane watson wasn’t special. she wasn’t trained, she was average maybe a bit above average intelligence, and she had no skills to protect her any way from the hand that moved faster than she could even register. 

A I R

she couldn’t breathe god she couldn’t even think. she clawed at the hand on her throat and… and… then something S P A R K E D.

she kicked, gasped for air, and swung wildly looking for any type of weakness. one solid punch made the android let her go. she didn’t know how much time she had left, so instead of letting herself die without a fight she ran. she ran with every ounce of strength in her.

the android was surprised by the creature’s unexpected strength – one solid punch, landing on the place where its breastplates met. a spark and a malfunction, and its hand uncurled – the android dropped the struggling creature. it’s body curled forward, arm hanging, as its wiring began to repair itself. it kept its eyes raised, watching as the creature fleed. 

THREAT LEVEL LOW TO MEDIUM. STRUGGLE IMMINENT.

the android straightened and followed after its target, struts long and quick, though it did not run. it tilted its head, curious, and scanned the life form as it followed, and mapped its biology, storing it into its hive mind memory bank. its beating heart was not dissimilar to a meraviglian’s.

roshia trained for this day, specifically for this. adrenaline pumping through her veins she couldn’t help the almost feral grin that spread on her face as she tried to break the androids hold. 

once               twice              NOW. 

it broke after the third attempt and once she sucked some fresh air into her lungs and threw an elbow straight back. she spun around and sent a punch straight at androids face before pulling a blade out of her boot with ease and getting into a fighting stance. 

she was READY, and she was either going to win, or go down trying.

the push back from the meraviglia native had not been anticipated in the android’s programming. she pushed out of the hold, causing the robotic head to tilt, as if in question while it registered her actions, even as she punched fought back, it processed her fighting patterns as it was forced back and quickly regained stance.

THREAT HOSTILE. WEAPON DETECTED. ELIMINATE.

Miles hadn’t trained for long and his combat prowess was definitely not up to par. Though his reflexes and Spidey Sense weren’t things he had control over and they seemed to work whenever they wanted. So when he felt his Spider Sense pinch at the back of his head, almost like a headache but if headaches were something he could read, Miles instinctively flipped out of the way and let loose a web blast. 

Unluckily, as he usually was, Miles wasn’t dodging something completely tangible, so even though his first web blast was spot on he screamed out in pain as the psychic blast hit him. Miles crumbled to the ground and looked up at the assailant he had web shot. If anything Peter taught him had actually stuck it was the message he always liked to repeat. ‘Always get back up’. Miles slowly got to his feet. “Always get back up. Even if it hurts, always get back up.” As he stood up straight he winced and put his fists up. “Try me, bitch.”  

the creature fired something strange, and the android didn’t have time to dodge it. webbing hit its chest with force, making it stumble backwards – but the android dug its footing into the earth. it inspected the substance that clung to its chest. 

DO NOT BE DETAINED.

as the unidentified life form stood, the android tilted its head, eyes scanning the thing’s facial features – and slowly, as he turned with his fists up, the android’s face began to pixelize and morph. it was taller than the life form, but to an outsider, there may have been no distinguishable difference between their features. the android opened its jaw –

“TRY ME, BITCH.”

she’d never had reason to doubt her safety in meraviglia. the alien planet had been more welcoming than perhaps earth ever had. yet, new cultures meant there were things that even after a year, karolina was still learning. she hadn’t thought too much of it as someone seemed to grab her attention and turn down an alley. her curiosity was the best of her, maybe they wanted to talk.

“excuse me, do you need –” that idea was crushed quickly as she realized this wasn’t a native to the planet – but some form of android. she almost didn’t see the fire coming in time, but in seconds her skin began to glow brightly only a moment before the fire would have burned her. she could withstand high temperatures this way but prolonged exposure would still be dangerous. “i don’t know what this is about but, sorry!” she responded in panic, a sudden solar beam pushing from her hands and out toward the androids chest.

the target seemed to have an invulnerability to fire - the android had to switch tactics, she needed to die - a mercy killing. so far none of its fellow androids seemed to be successful, and this one, this one was going to take out its target. it blinked at her ‘sorry; - not sure what she meant until....

DAMAGE TO CORE UNIT, BACKUP POWER INITIATED

While his methods may have been determined as SLOPPY by his handler, the boy was still confident in his abilities. What he would use them for is completely up to him now, but they were going to be coming into play. It wasn’t until he hears what sounds like blades ripping through anything in it’s path that he SEES IT. 

This planet was too good to be true, wasn’t it? He wouldn’t be finding peace.

Whatever happy expression was gone. “Who the fuck do you think you are —“  He shouts, a fighting stance ready, but just as RJ is trying to dodge those long blades he already feels it slice into his skin. Blood starts to drip down his arm, but he was trying to ignore it as his injuries arm reaches for his knife.

“You want a fight? I’ll give you one!”

TARGET RE-ENGAGING. UPGRADING THREAT LEVEL TO MEDIUM.

The android doesn’t outwardly respond to the threat, but it does pause for a moment, scanning the target in front of it. 

WEAPON DETECTED. DEPLOYING OFFENSIVE COUNTERMEASURES.

zee wasn’t one to be without suspicion, something in the atmosphere for the day had gone… off. but she couldn’t pin it down, nor could she even hope to sense what her bad feeling was. so instead of allowing it to consume her, the magician went on about her day.

collecting random nick-knacks and fruits to take home, she was happily minding her own business when suddenly a weight dropped upon her, knocking her immediately to the ground and sending her items sailing through the air. “teg ffo em!” she shouted, pushing back with her magic and finding a sharp object pierce her skin. “shit!”

UNIDENTIFIED ENERGY SIGNAL DETECTED, DEPLOYING COUNTERME--

The force of the spell sent the android flying before it could complete its countermeasures, but not before it managed to draw blades. 

DEPLOYING RANGED COUNTERMEASURES. 

 Hal hadn’t really thought much about the new of the newest invaders here on Mera. it was normal to him to be around multiple different species but when the almost strange life form stood in front of him just staring Hal had to admit this was certainly a first. 

Before he ever had a moment to ask a question or move away the scream made him cover his ears in pain as gravity itself seem to shift causing him to take flight and crash into others that had been around him. He grunted out he tries to dodge the debris that this gravity tornado was trying to throw at him as he used his ring to minimize the damage done to innocent civilians that happened to be near her during the time. “What the hell is going on??”

the android continued to take on the appearance of hal, even going so far as to mimic him through its open, gaping and unhinged mouth. 

“WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON??”

“Hello, beautiful,” Constantine said, as the android approached him. He’d seen these chaps running around the place, but they’d never shown any particular interest in him, and he couldn’t help but feel a tad suspicious. 

That instinct saved him as the android started literally spitting fire at him and he yelped, fleeing and running down the nearest alley. This was place had clearly been too nice to him, and it was payback time.

“You’re hot, but definitely not my type!” he yelled, “But if you don’t mind my asking, just why are you trying to light my arse on fire?”

they were observant, their programming allowing them the trait. they made point to watch and learn enough of their targets before approach to verify their weakest traits. he had power, but was not without flaw. it watched as he ran into an alley, and in ease, it pushed off of mechanical legs to bound through the air and land in the alley in front of him.

“TARGET DOES NOT BELONG. DESTROY.”