The Nuclear Base/Power Plant.

[Teddy]

(Yeah. Thanks for covering for me Mitchell. And sorry about confusing you all and such.)

[Mistress Guendolen]

OOC: Okay, guys, got a little something to share with you all, until the final battle takes place! Anyone other than me and MoS remember a certain enthusiastic reunion moment taking place up on that blimp?... Well, said moment has now been rendered in full color for posterity by yours truly! You can see it in my art thread, here: http://www.magicalsailorfuku.net/messag ... &start=120
Hope you guys like it. Both of us do, at least.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Soon, Tetsuo and Genno get to the main building, Genno first, Tetsuo behind. The door was blown off, and bodies of soldiers tossed aside scatter the area. Spent shells surround the bodies, and a few of them still live. It looks like a force of nature hit. Inside the front door is a trail of destruction, and it looks like someone lobbed a grenade, which is how the door was blown off in the first place. A window is broken as well, and the door was blown off from the inside. There's a simple, easy-to-follow trail, leading straight to the back. It looks like "The Boss" is heading straight for the reactor, and didn't even bother to grab a suit. (There's your standard yellow, the HEV Half-Life style, and a force field version.)

[Mitera Nikkou]

(OOC: What to the former radiation protection things look like? I'm not familiar with them. I know how to put on the first, but do I use the others as something to put on the body, a small device to activate, or what? :O)

[Chibi MitchellTF]

(The second is a fancy mechanical suit, with battery power, and a retractable dome over the head. The third is a wrist device.)

[Mitera Nikkou]

Worried that she may already be too late, Tetsuo acted as fast as possible, resulting in the actions that follow. If she saw Genno, she wouldn't start a conversation or respond to him if he tried to talk to her. She chose the wrist device and activated it, figuring that it did the same as the suits since it was among them. She had passed on the mechanical suit because she didn't want to waste precious time figuring out how to put it on and, while she could figure out how to put on a hazmat suit, putting on the wrist device was still much faster.

After she had made her choice, she followed the trail that the Nekojin boss had left behind, jaw clenched and brow furrowed.

[Xiao]

Xiao got up from his crouched position to try and continue towards the main building, but after two steps was forced to crouch again. He was just too tired, magical fatigue and overall weariness caused by the last few hours was keeping him from moving too much. He sighed before leaning against the wall to try and speed up his recovery.

[Mistress Guendolen]

Elise tried to soldier on, but she too had to stop before too long. Her leg hurt too much, she knew she was doing it more harm than good by continuing to walk; it would be better to wait until the medical team arrived. Besides, she was so slow that she wouldn't be able to do much good at the end; she was basically useless in a fight, right now. She ended up dropping down next to Xiao, and put a hand on his shoulder. "It's... okay," she managed, voice showing a strain of its own. "You've... done so much already. No need to push yourself more than you already have....."

[Teddy]

"Hm. Radiation shielding... This... This could be horrible." He followed Tetsuo's example, putting on the wrist device, activating it, and following after the cat-girl. "Hey... Wait. We're going to have to work together, aren't we?"

[Mitera Nikkou]

"We don't have time!" Tetsuo replied over her shoulder while she ran. "We'll just have to improvise... Just give me some time to try talking to her first!"

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The two warriors get past the last barrier, and find themselves in a simple control room, filled with blinking consoles. There's a door in the far end, which leads to a decontamination chamber, and beyond that chamber, the nuclear power facility. Inside the decontamination chamber, the black-armored figure of The Boss stands, facing them. As she sees them, she looks up, and waves. Then the door to the power plant opens, and she walks in.

Scientia sits at the consoles, in a revolving chair. She rapidly types commands on the keyboard, sometimes spinning to another console. As the two enter, she looks back. "Hi Tetsuo, Hi...aw, poop."




Outside, a single figure clad in a black trenchcoat walks past the battle. A child walks with him, only the outlines visible against the darkness. He carries a black briefcase, and walks with intent. He heads straight towards Xiao and Elise, ignoring the signs of battle around him. When he reaches them, his face comes into view. It is Doctor Black Jack. "Somebody called for medical assistance?"

Pinoko nods. "Then behold the unlicensed doctor and his unlicensed nurse!"

[Mistress Guendolen]

Elise's eyes got big. "You again?!" she exclaimed. "But- I called the paramedics- I mean- I don't think we can afford a double debt!" Still, she knew she really wasn't in a position to be choosy just now....

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Black Jack smiles. "It's okay, I actually owe you one. I took a blood sample from Neko. Your friend was the one who called me, I used to run one of the hospitals he worked at. Now, let me see your wound..."

He bends over close to Elise, to examine her carefully. She can clearly see the thin stitches that hold the two halves of his face together, one white, one black.

[Mistress Guendolen]

"Oh. Well, all right, then...." She twisted sideways, bunching her skirt up and unfastening the binding so he could see both entry and exit points. I wonder how his face ever got that way? she mused. It's none of my business, I'm sure, but I still wonder anyway....

[Chibi MitchellTF]

He examines the wound, which has stopped bleeding for now, mostly thanks to the dried blood. "Clean entry, clean exit. You staunched the bleeding, that's good. Hm, this is the kind of wound you'd see in a war. It's carefully aimed to look bad, hurt a lot, and cause a risk of death without treatment. There's not much risk of permenant damage. I just need to disinfect it and give you some pain-killer. I have one that an old..." He pauses for a moment, seeming to be searching for the right word. "Friend." Somehow, the way he says it, it implies that he is not exactly drinking buddies with this person. "If you need to help your friends, it should numb the pain, but it oversensatizes the nerves. It's going to hurt a LOT when it wears off in an hour or two, but by then I can get you in a better situation."

He opens his hand towards Pinoko, who pulls out a bottle of disinfectant, and gives it to Black Jack. He pours it in both sides of the wound. The disinfectant sizzles, and stings, as most disinfectants do. It, unfortunately, wets the blood enough for it to start flowing. Black Jack moves his hand towards Pinoko again, and she hands him some dressing. He dresses the wound, keeping pressure on the blood. "Might need to stitch it up a bit better when we're in a more sterile environment. So, do you want the battle painkiller, or the 'normal' painkiller."

He turns to Xiao. "And if you need help, I can give it to you."